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Vice Chairman Joyce Henderson to be inducted into Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame
Freedom Center of OKC Vice Chairman Joyce Henderson will be inducted into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame. (Photo by Powell Photography)
A monument in bronze for a teacher and her lesson for the ages
Oklahoma sculptor LaQuincey Reed stands with his clay model of civil rights leader Clara Luper that will become part of a bronze monument in downtown Oklahoma City. The monument will depict the first Katz Drug Store sit-in by 13 children led by Luper who were refused service because they were Black. (Photo by Kathryn McNutt, The Journal Record)
Freedom Center monument relocated for safe keeping during construction
Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Clara Luper stands proudly by the newly erected monument that honors local and national people who battled for civil rights."
Photographer: Jim Argo
Source: Oklahoma Publishing Company Photography Collection, Oklahoma Historical Society