James Goodwin To Deliver 2007 Paul Miller Lecture

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

James O. Goodwin, the publisher of the Oklahoma Eagle, the first and only newspaper to exclusively serve the black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, will deliver the 20th annual Paul Miller Lecture on Friday, April 13 at 11:30 a.m. in the Student Union Little Theatre.
 
The lecture series is partially funded by a gift from the Paul Miller Family Foundation. Mr. Miller was a distinguished graduate of the OSU School of Journalism and Broadcasting in 1931, who went on to distinguish himself as the president of the Associated Press, and the Gannet Company.
 
The Oklahoma Eagle was founded immediately after the devastating race riots in 1921 and has continually published since then under the management of only a few owners.  Mr. Goodwin’s father, E.L.  Goodwin Sr., purchased the paper in 1935 and it has been in the hands of the family since that time.  Mr. Goodwin is also a celebrated attorney in Tulsa, a member of both the Tulsa County and Oklahoma Bar Associations, the American Bar Association, the American Inns of Court and Master of the Bar member.  He is also a member of the OSU-Tulsa Board of Trustees and a former member of the Bank of Oklahoma Board of Directors.
 
The lecture is open to the public and all are invited to attend.