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Clara Luper Freedom Center unveils exhibit on Oklahoma City’s civil rights history
The Clara Luper Freedom Center has unveiled a new exhibit, “Inside These Walls: The History of the Freedom Center,” showcasing the legacy of Oklahoma City’s civil rights movement and the efforts that helped end segregation.
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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.
Sixty-four years ago Friday, 13 Black students sat at a whites-only lunch counter in downtown Oklahoma City, shaping the course of the civil rights movement.
New projections show Oklahoma City’s 8-year penny sales tax bringing in $100 million over initial estimates, meaning the fourth rendition of the Metropolitan Area Projects capital improvement plan could be a nearly $1.08 billion initiative.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – A major renovation of the historic Freedom Center of Oklahoma City is now underway. The historic landmark in northeast Oklahoma City was originally home to Oklahoma City’s NAACP Youth Council and has long been considered home of OKC’s civil rights movement.
A longtime civil rights landmark, the Freedom Center, is getting a long overdue overhaul as part of efforts to remember and keep alive the vision of those who fought for equality and an end to discrimination in Oklahoma City.
Freedom Center board will seek to take activist’s name off civil rights landmark, With a few pen strokes, activist Michael Washington claims to have taken control of the Freedom Center — Oklahoma City’s only civil rights memorial. But some in the community question Washington’s self-proclaimed role as savior of the historic building.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Paycom has donated $50,000 to the Freedom Center in Oklahoma City to restore its Black history wall and fund educational programs, ensuring the preservation of civil rights history.