Tito Jackson finally found the peace he was looking for in Claremore, Oklahoma.
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“I always wanted to get away from the West Coast and experience living somewhere with new people and new culture,” Tito Jackson told the Tulsa World.
Tito Jackson's family connection to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre wasn't discussed in front of him. "I didn't know anything until maybe five years ago," he said.
Tito Jackson answers an audience member's question at a Juneteenth event at the Claremore Museum of History.
Photos: Juneteenth with Tito Jackson in Claremore
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Tito Jackson speaks during an interview at the Claremore Museum of History on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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Tito Jackson speaks during an interview at the Claremore Museum of History on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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Tito Jackson speaks to the audience gathered at the Claremore Museum of History.
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Joshua Ross of the Mabel Brown Family Choir sings beofre an appearance by Tito Jackson at the Claremore Museum of History on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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The Claremore Museum of History on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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Kendrick Oakley, pastor of Destiny Life Church, left, lead an invocation at the John Smith Gymnasium on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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Miss Oklahoma 1999 Daneka Allen sings the Black National Anthem at the John Smith Gymnasium on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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Mary Snoddy, who was one of three students in the first graduating class after integration at Claremore High School, waves as she walks to her seat with her son William Snoddy, Jr., at the John Smith Gymnasium on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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Tito Jackson speaks during an interview at the Claremore Museum of History on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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A member of the audiance claps along with the Mabel Brown Family Chior at the John Smith Gymnasium on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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Gerome Riley, who played for the Claremore Clowns semi-pro baseball team and was on the 1952 state basketball championship team at Lincoln School, speaks with members of the audience befpre an appearance by Tito Jackson at the John Smith Gymnasium on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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Tito Jackson speaks to the audience gathered at the Claremore Museum of History on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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Tito Jackson speaks to the audience gathered at the Claremore Museum of History on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Claremore, Okla.
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