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Jun 27, 2011 Biographies

Thelma Reece Parks was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma where she graduated from Manual Training High School. She matriculated to Langston University, graduating Cum Laude with a B.S. degree in Elementary E...

Muskogee OK United States

Clara Mae Shepard Luper

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Jun 26, 2011 Biographies

During 41 years as an award winning Oklahoma educator, Mrs. Clara Luper taught history and made history. Born in 1923, Mrs. Luper grew up near Hoffman, Oklahoma. She graduated from Grayson High School...

Hoffman OK United States

Almeda Combs Parker

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

Almeda Combs Parker was born in Okfuskee County on John Grayson's ranch to Albert and Hattie Grayson Combs. Albert was a conductor on the Fort Smith and Western railroad line. Hattie Grayson Combs was...

OK Okfuskee County United States

Electa Moore Baker

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

Electa Moore-Baker was born November 9, 1918 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Wallace and Katie Moore. She is one of eight children. She attended Dunbar Elementary school and graduate from Douglass High School...

Ardmore OK United States

DeNay L. Burris

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

DeNay L. Burris, is the Mayor of Ft. Coffee, Oklahoma. Mayor Burris graduated from Spiro High School in 1986. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting at Langston University in 1989. She t...

OK United States

Ernestine Ervin Young

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

The Ervin Family came to Oklahoma from Mississippi before 1906. Ernestine’s great-great grandmother Jane Jones was a midwife and a slave. Her father C.E. (Corrie) Ervin had a farm before he started wo...

Brooksville OK United States

Bradie Lee Miller Winrow

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

Bradie Lee Winrow was born on July 7, 1927. She is the eldest of the eleven children of Arlander and Ollie M. Miller. Bradie has five sisters and five brothers, all are still living. Her parents are d...

Earlsboro OK United States

Rosalee Manuel Williams

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

Rosalee Manuel Williams’ compassion for family is well known throughout the state of Oklahoma. Her unfailing dedication and passion for her own family has allowed her to use her gifts and talent to se...

OK Seminole County United States

Deola Hall Wells

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

Deola Mae Wells was bom on September 8,1940. She was the fourth of six children born to Lonzetta and Wazell Hall Sr. Deola attended Oklahoma City Public School, graduating from Douglass High School in...

OK United States

Elwyn Ellison Welch

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

Elwyn Ellison Welch, retired professor and former Chairman of the Department of English and Foreign Languages at Langston University, represents a third generation of Black educators. In the 1880’s he...

Guthrie OK United States

Mentha Mitchell Varner

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Jun 20, 2011 Biographies

Most people who know or know of her have declared Mentha Mitchell Varner a "Living Legend". She was one of seven, selected nationally to receive the "Living Legend award from the National Caucus and C...

OK Tatums United States

Elizabeth Hilton Threatt

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Jun 19, 2011 Biographies

Elizabeth Hilton Threatt was born on July 4, 1911, in Luther, Oklahoma. She is one of many Black pioneer women whose crucial role in the settlement and development of Oklahoma remains unrecognized. At...

Luther OK United States