Ex-players' pledge to help OU showcase black history
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By James S. Tyree
Published: February 29, 2008
NORMAN — Former University of Oklahoma football players Joe Washington and J.C. Watts plan to donate $10,000 to a campus project aimed to bring sharper focus to OU's black history.
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The cultural center opened at the former Stovall Museum in 2002 and is named after OU's first black faculty members, George Henderson and Melvin Tolson.
The building houses the Black Student Association and black fraternity and sorority offices, but student organizations reflecting all races often use it for gatherings free of charge.
Williams said the project will happen in phases. He expects the first one, involving plaques and numerous photos, will be completed in time for the OU black all-class reunion April 25-27.
For future phases, Williams enlisted the help of OU interior decorating students who made a project of designing rooms, floor plans, lighting and murals for the center.
Williams said he and other organizers will seek student input on design ideas before any decisions are made, and then make them happen as the money comes in.
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yeah its gonna show real equality by hiring and exploiting all of us mexican illigals to build this faculity too. um yeah blacks care about equality. I don't see them fightin to get a mexican center built.
Barney, poppycock - Mar 1, 2008 6:52 PM
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OU has a story to tell about civil rights. Some of it is good, but there is more than enough to tell the story of the racism that influenced the university. It is important to remind us of what happened so we never go back, and to keep us moving forward and be a leader in civil rights. I am proud of our univeristy for showcasing the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center and the students, alumni and faculty for participating in its renovation and growth.
James, Wichita - Feb 29, 2008 8:45 PM
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Are they going to build one for us mexicans too???
Barney, poppycock - Feb 29, 2008 1:30 PM
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Are they going to build one for us mexicans too???
Barney, poppycock - Feb 29, 2008 1:30 PM
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