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In 1874, Mrs. Lena Lowery was born in Richmond, Indiana. Little is known about her early life, educational background and awards. What is known is that in 1902, she became principal of Douglass High School in Chandler, Oklahoma. The following year she married George W. F. Sawner, a wealthy local businessman. From 1902 to 1934, Mrs. Sawner served as Douglass School Principal where she distinguished herself as a master educator, activist, humanitarian, and elegant role model. She demanded that the quality of education received at Douglass be equal to or better than that provided in the segregated white school system.
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OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) Black Heritage Committee is organizing a tour of sites significant to the Civil Rights Movement in Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama. The week-long trip will depart Sunday morning, May 10, from the Oklahoma History Center and return Friday evening, May 15. There are a limited number of bus seats available. Visitwww.okhistory.org/freedomtrail to view the itinerary and to register for the tour
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Members of the community gathered for the “Mike Snyder Celebration” Saturday night at the Enoch Kelly Haney Center on the campus of Seminole State College.
Read moreSirs: I was raised in Wetumka during the 40’s, 50’s, and the early part
Read moreAccording to documents filed in the District Court of Pottawatomie County, on February 27, Calvin Public Schools teacher and basketball coach Nathan T. Holland, 32, has been charged with multiple felonies in connection to an incident that occurred in Shawnee on January 4. These charges include one count of r ape first degree, one count of rape first degree by instrumentation (fingers), two counts of forcible sodomy, and one count of domestic assault and battery by strangulation.
Read moreFriday, March 13th, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the April 7th Board of Education General (Moss SD I-01) and Special City of Wetumka Elections, Hughes County Election Board Secretary Brandy Davis said today.
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