The ACLU of Oklahoma announced today that W. Kamau Bell will serve as the keynote speaker during the upcoming Liberty Gala on May 17, 2025.

ACLU and partners are uniting to challenge Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’ latest attempt to impose religion on students in the state’s public school system.

More than 30 Oklahomans – including parents and children, public school teachers and faith leaders – today filed a lawsuit urging the Oklahoma Supreme Court to block state Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’ mandate that all public schools incorporate the Bible into their curricula.

A coalition of civil rights organizations is making a joint request for additional records related to Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’s recent mandate to inject the Bible into public school teaching.

Coalition of civil rights organizations is making a joint request for records related to the Oklahoma State Department of Education superintendent’s recent mandate that the Bible be incorporated into public school teaching.

A federal court has temporarily blocked Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a harmful and far-reaching law that would have devastating consequences for Oklahoma’s immigrant communities and create a state system to regulate immigration that bypasses and conflicts with federal law.

A federal court granted a partial preliminary injunction that will blunt the impact of Oklahoma’s classroom censorship law, HB 1775, which sought to severely restrict teachers and students in K-12 public schools and public universities from learning and talking about race and gender.

The University of Oklahoma (“OU”) Board of Regents is canceling diversity, equity, and inclusion programs across campus, all under the guise of “enforcing” the Governor’s anti-DEI Executive Order. But in fact, the Executive Order is only a convenient excuse the Board of Regents.

Civil rights groups today challenged Oklahoma’s HB 4156, a far-reaching, harmful new law that would create a state system to regulate immigration that completely bypasses and conflicts with federal law and would have dramatic consequences for Oklahoma communities.