Black History Month

Stories of the Ages - Endangered black history: Oklahoma City Updated: Sun, Feb 26, 2012 Part 6 of 6: Past and present collide in Deep Deuce, Oklahoma History Center and more. Read More

Daughter of Oklahoma City civil right's activist to speak at Redlands Community College Updated: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 Chelle Luper Wilson, daughter of the late civil rights activist Clara Luper, to speak at Redlands Community College's Black History Month celebration. Read More

Black History Month events Updated: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 Black History Month Lecture Series 6:30 p.m. Feb. 8, 15, 22 and 29 Ralph Ellison Library 424-1437 Black History Month Trivia Through Feb. 29, during regular library hours Ralph Ellison Library 424-1437 History of Black Music Display Through Feb. 29, during regular library hours Ralph Ellison Library... Read More

Noble library to offer presentation on Clara Luper Published: Wed, Feb 1, 2012 The Noble Public Library will observe Black History Month with a program on the life of civil rights pioneer Clara Luper. Read More

Langston band to tour Oklahoma's black towns Published: Mon, Jan 30, 2012 LANGSTON — The Langston University marching band will tour of a group of historically black towns in Oklahoma during Black History Month. Read More

Friendship between students and professor results in compelling book Updated: Sun, Jan 29, 2012 “A Rainbow in the Dark” by Wade McCoy and Patrick Chalfant, may be a fiction, but it is based on the real-life story of the authors' former Southwestern Oklahoma State University professor, Henry “Kirk” Kirkland. Read More

Remembering Jimmy Rushing, the 'Five by Five' man with the enormous voice Updated: Sun, Jan 29, 2012 Jimmy Rushing, the well-known singer of Count Basie's orchestra, was born in Oklahoma City. Read More

Civil rights leader Clara Luper has died Updated: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 Clara Luper, a longtime Oklahoma civil rights leader, has died. She was 88. Read More

PBS' ‘Freedom Riders' marks civil rights milestone Updated: Fri, May 13, 2011 Fifty years ago, the Congress of Racial Equality sent a small, racially mixed group of Americans on buses from Washington, D.C., into the heart of the South to peacefully violate segregationist policies. PBS' “American Experience” observes the 50th anniversary of a seismic event in the American civil rights... Read More

MLK volunteer day is a lift for facility Updated: Mon, Jan 17, 2011 AmeriCorps volunteers perform Martin Luther King Jr. Day makeover on Opportunities Industrialization Center of Oklahoma County Read More