Former Tulsa Rep. Don Ross Passed Away

TULSA, Okla. — Former State Representative Don Ross has passed away on Tuesday, May 5 at the age of 85.

The Tulsa native spent 20 years in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, from 1982 until 2002.  Heralded as a Civil Rights leader in the state, Ross was vital in the establishment of the Greenwood Cultural Center, the 2001 Tulsa Race Riot (Massacre) Commission, and the Tulsa Reconciliation Education Scholarship, and the removal of the Confederate Flag from the Oklahoma Capitol grounds.

Working alongside the late state Rep. Maxine Horner – also from Tulsa – Ross was credited with bringing more than $79 million state funding to the predominantly Black community he served to help fund health care and programs for ...