Cleo Hearn was born in May of 1939 to parents Doc and…
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Roscoe Dunjee: The Little Caesar of Civil Rights
Roscoe Dunjee’s humble beginnings did not dampen the efforts or effects of…
Dr. Inman Edward Page
Dr. Inman Edward Page broke boundaries in education, leading, teaching, and inspiring…
Zelia Breaux
Zelia Page Breaux was an African American woman with connections to the…
Sugar T. George, the “African Town King”
Sugar T. George was one of the wealthiest Black men in Indian…
Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher
Prior to the historic Brown v. Board of Education (1954) verdict that…
Reverend William R. Purcells
A resident of the all-Black town of Tullahassee, OK, and later a…
Mabel B. Little
(Tulsa Historical Society and Museum. 2009.021.002 | Tulsa Historical Society, 1990, https://tulsahistory.pastperfectonline.com/library/BF4CF919-2DD9-485E-B4F5-284548293464…
A Legacy of Words
The racial history of Oklahoma began its upward inclination in the early…
Meet Mary E. Jones Parrish
Mary E. Jones Parrish, a profound educator and journalist, moved from Rochester,…