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Freedom Center unveils restoration with ‘Inside These Walls’ exhibition
OKLAHOMA CITY – Guests were packed shoulder-to-shoulder Friday inside the entrance of Eastside OKC’s historic Freedom Center as project directors and community leaders celebrated the space’s recent restoration by kicking off its inaugural multimedia/archival memorabilia exhibition “Inside These Walls.”
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Clara Luper Freedom Center unveils exhibit on Oklahoma City’s civil rights history
The Clara Luper Freedom Center has opened a new exhibit highlighting the stories, protests, and legacy of Oklahoma City’s civil rights movement, including the 1958 Katz Drugstore sit-in.
The MAPS 4 budget has allocated $17 million to construct the Civil Rights Museum in Oklahoma City.
Oklahoma has a rich civil rights history, though much of it is relatively unknown to the larger public. The forthcoming Clara Luper Civil Rights Center, a MAPS 4 project, will change that.
Midwest City Beacon. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy was alive last weekend. The 28th annual Midwest Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast took place Saturday at the Reed Conference Center at the Delta Hotel.
(Update: Jimcy McGirt pleaded no contest to two of the charges regarding violation of sex offender registration requirements. According to attorney Richard O’Carroll, the accusation of McGirt speaking to children involved a “completely false” misidentification. The following article remains in its original form.)
At Lord Cultural Resources, we honour Black histories, heritage and futures 365 days a year. We want to introduce you to two places where history comes alive, where the past informs the present, and where the future holds endless possibilities.
The legacy of Oklahoma’s early Black pioneers lives on in our daily lives including American pop culture.