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Clara Luper Legacy Committee Advocates in Washington D.C.

By autumnb55 on May 25, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

What Luper did with her students was revolutionary. Leveraging her role as an educator, she incorporated activism into her teaching, though the efforts here in Oklahoma remain invisible and overshadowed by the Greensboro sit-ins.

Where Mayor Breea Clark went wrong in response to a racist email

By The Black Wall St Times on May 19, 2020 • ( Leave a comment )

Norman Mayor Breea Clark’s Facebook response to the racist bullsh-t that took place within the Norman Police Department is the perfect example of how politicians do little to dismantle racist systems.

Why Black families are opting out of traditional public schools

By The Black Wall St Times on January 2, 2019

Rigorous research suggests that low-income, nonwhite students in urban areas tend to perform better if enrolled in charter schools instead of traditional public schools.