Grand Gentlemen

03/13/2026

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01/20/2026

Today we honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

He is the greatest leader and organizer of the 20th century and truth be told, without Dr. King there is no Grand Gentlemen.

Our entire foundation is built on the standard he set. The way he carried himself. The discipline. The courage. The commitment to his people. We genuinely strive to live up to the man he was.

He didn’t just speak about freedom, he organized it. He didn’t just dream, he built strategy, structure, and movement. He led with love but never without strength. He showed us what principled manhood looks like in action.

When we teach our young men respect, discipline, and character, we are following his blueprint. When we choose community over ego and service over selfishness, we are walking the path he cleared for us.

We stand on his shoulders.
We move forward because of his sacrifice.
And we carry his legacy with intention.

Forever grateful. Forever inspired.

Respect. Discipline. Character.
The Grand Standard. 👑👔

11/24/2025

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‘Don’t Let Them Bury My Story’: The Long Life and Unfinished Fight of Viola Fletcher, Tulsa’s Oldest Race Massacre Survivor, Dies at 111

On a spring afternoon more than a century after she fled a burning city with nothing but the clothes on her back, Viola Ford Fletcher sat before a college audience in Illinois and did what she has done, again and again, in the twilight of her life: she told the story America tried to forget.

“I remember seeing how cruel they were,” she said quietly, describing the night in 1921 when white mobs torched the Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma — a place the world once knew as Black Wall Street. “They burned houses, buildings and everything on the street… I remember seeing people falling from being shot and killed. It was just terrible.”

At 111 years old, Fletcher — widely known as “Mother Fletcher” — was the oldest known living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and one of the last direct witnesses to one of the most devastating episodes of racial violence in U.S. history.
Her life stretched from Jim Crow sharecropping fields to the Black Lives Matter era; from nights spent sleeping upright with the lights on, afraid of the dark, to standing under bright television lights in Washington as she urged Congress to finally confront what was taken from Greenwood. She lived most of her years in relative obscurity — cleaning houses, raising children, building a life on the margins of American prosperity — only to become, in her tenth decade, a central figure in the national debate over historical memory and reparations.

And she had done all this while insisting on one simple demand, now the title of her 2023 memoir: Don’t Let Them Bury My Story.

Viola Ford Fletcher died on November 24, 2025. She was 111.

Read the full story at https://www.kolumnmagazine.com/2025/11/24/dont-let-them-bury-my-story-the-long-life-and-unfinished-fight-of-viola-fletcher-tulsas-oldest-race-massacre-survivor-dies-at-111/

KOLUMN Magazine

07/18/2025

Is that a bird? No, it’s a plane! No, it’s The Cinematic Schematic review of Superman!

This week, we dive deep into James Gunn's first entry in his new DC Universe starring David Corenswet as everyone's favorite Kryptonian.

Host Caleb Masters is joined by a robust league of film critics and fans, including Jo Light (Final Draft), Alex Palmer (Oklahoma Film Society), and Korey Eakers (Grand Gentlemen).

Is there still room on the big screen for Supes? Listen to our in-depth podcast conversation by following the link in the comments ⬇️⬇️⬇️

07/14/2025

was a success!

It was a pleasure taking young men from the community to see SUPERMAN for FREE.

Hope is the most important superpower! Today, we gave these young kings a dose of inspiration, imagination, and pure joy.

Thank you to everyone who helped us create this memory.

07/12/2025

SUPER SUNDAY 🎬✨with the Grand Gents! 👑👔

What the community needs right now more than anything is HOPE, that’s why we’re covering the first 60 tickets to the 3:35PM showing of SUPERMAN this Sunday at Tinseltown!

Bring the kids and just say “I’m with the Grand Gents” at the box office to get in FREE. No strings — just community, culture, and a little superhero magic. 🦸🏾‍♂️🟥🟦

📍Tinseltown USA
📅 Sunday | ⏰ 3:35 PM
📍 6001 N Martin Luther King Ave, OKC, OK 73111