Oklahoma tour shows firsthand that freedom isn’t a destination. It’s a perpetual climb.

Oklahoma tour shows firsthand that freedom isn’t a destination. It's a perpetual climb. • Kansas Reflector

While touring Pawhuska, Oklahoma, columnist Mark McCormick captured this image of several sets of stairs, ascending upward and upward. (Mark McCormick for Kansas Reflector)The Greenwood Rising Center in Tulsa features a James Baldwin quote on its exterior: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” It’s built atop the site where one of the nation’s greatest Black surgeons had hunkered down during…

Oklahoma tour shows firsthand that freedom isn’t a destination. It’s a perpetual climb.

The Greenwood Rising Center in Tulsa features a James Baldwin quote on its exterior: “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” It’s built atop the site where one of the…