OKC's Freedom Center being restored as civil rights landmark
June 24, 2026
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.
The building, at 2609 N Martin Luther King Ave., was originally a Mobil gas station prior to being purchased and transformed into the home of the NAACP Youth Council. It was there that school teacher Clara Luper guided efforts to take the 1964 Civil Rights Act from the law of the land and make it a reality.