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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Pearl Leatherman (affectionately known as Mama Pearl) was born on February 20, 1917 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. She spent the first ten years of her life in Denver, Colorado with her parents George Leath...

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Leona Mitchell

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Grammy-award winner, Leona Mitchell has emerged as one of America’s leading lyric sprinto-sopranos and has been in demand the world over for opera, concerts, recitals and television appearances. She h...

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Barbara A. McKinzie

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Oklahoma native Barbara A. McKinzie is the International Vice President of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. She became the 27th International President in 2006 and will presided over the Centennial Celebra...

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Mazola Holman McKerson

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Mazola Holman McKerson is a native Oklahoman born on January 10, 1921 in a small close-knit community called Bluff, located near Hugo, Oklahoma. After the premature accidental death of her father, Maz...

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Essie Lee McIntosh

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Essie L. McIntosh was born and raised in Taft, Oklahoma. The oldest of six children, McIntosh grew up in the community that she now serves. Her parents were C.W. and Blanche Lee. A 1967 graduate, Essi...

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Nekia Mbaye

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Senior Airmen Nekia C. Mbaye is an educated, world traveler, single mother and outstanding representative of the younger generation of Uncrowned Queens. Nekia, born on October 8, 1974, began her adven...

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Ann Shenethia Manuel

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Dr. Ann Shenethia Manuel was born in Lima, Oklahoma. She was reared in Lima, Seminole, County and Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. She graduated from New Lima High School, a small rural school in Seminole, ...

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Tammie Scott Hill

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Jun 17, 2011 Biographies

Mayor Tammie Hill was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. Horace Scott, Jr. She is the youngest of five children. She attended Capital Hill High School and graduate...

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Cheryl Lewis Cochran

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

Cheryl Cochran is the older of two children born to Beretha Lewis. Cheryl attended school at Lima Elementary School and New Lima High School. While in school, she was very active in basketball and vol...

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Levolia Singleton Logan

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

On August 10, 1934 a miracle occurred in Okfuskgee County, Oklahoma. I, Levolia Singleton, was born. Against all odds, I survived and overcame a myriad of obstacles to reach adulthood and can now be c...

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Gloria Williams Griffin

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

A native of southwestern Oklahoma, Dr. Gloria Williams Griffin has lived in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area for over thirty years. Her academic degrees are B.S., M.A., and Ed.D. from the Universit...

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Evelyn King Washington

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Jun 16, 2011 Biographies

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