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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.
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.
OKLAHOMA CITY (Feb. 25, 2026) — Paycom Software, Inc. (NYSE: PAYC) (“Paycom”), a leading provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software, and its employees donated $50,000 to the Freedom Center of Oklahoma City to support the preservation of Oklahoma’s civil rights history and educational programming.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — The Oklahoma City Council approved final plans for the $17.2 million Clara Luper Civil Rights Center on Tuesday, a new interpretive center and community gathering space funded through MAPS 4.
Oklahoma City Council approved final plans today for the Clara Luper Civil Rights Center as part of MAPS 4. MAPS 4 includes $17.2 million for the construction of a new interpretive center and community gathering space.