Renovations for the Freedom Center of OKC underway | KFOR
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.
Project organizers said work on the facility began in June 2022 and will continue into the next year.
“We are in the midst of the Freedom Center restoration [and] we haven’t seen development like this in northeast Oklahoma City,” said Christina Beatty, who serves as Project Director for the Center.
The building’s restoration was originally included as part of the MAPS 4 package passed by voters in December 2019; including $25 million for the restoration of the Freedom Center building and the creation of a new Clara Luper Civil Rights Center.