Tulsa Tribune

Founded in 1919, the Tulsa Tribune served as Oklahoma's most powerful afternoon daily — born just two years before the catastrophic Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, covering the Black Wall Street destruction, the Oklahoma oil boom, the Dust Bowl, Route 66 migration, Native American Oklahoma heritage, and the complex racial and economic history of one of America's most misunderstood and resilient cities. Now preserved through Artificial Intelligence by Buddha University Press.

About the Author
Robert S. Shumake, publishing as Ajarn Shaman Shu, has lived two lives in one — the builder and the priest — and his books are where the two meet. He rose from a Ford factory floor to become founding president and CEO of Inheritance Capital Group, a Black Enterprise-ranked private equity firm, served as honorary consul for Botswana and Tanzania, and founded Inheritance Media Group, owner of more than 300 publications produced by an AI-run newsroom. In spirit, each tradition that initiated him gave him a name: Buddhist Ajarn in the Theravada and Vajrayana lines, Oluwo Jolaoso Osainbola in Ifá, and Shri Surya Narayana Swamikal in the Tamil Siddha line. He is the founder of Soul Tribes International Ministries and of Buddha Digital Temple and its universities — Orisha University, Buddha University, and Shiva University. He authored Detroit’s Proposal E, the 2021 ballot initiative that decriminalized entheogenic plants in Detroit, and is the author of more than 140 published books and 86+ DOI-registered academic publications. His philosophy: the Double Bottom Line — make a profit, and make a difference. Robertshumake.biz