1923–2011
Clara Luper received her bachelor s degree from Langston University in 1944 and her master s degree from the University of Oklahoma in 1951, becoming the first Black graduate student in the OU History program. Luper went on to become the adviser for the Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council. The Youth Council staged a sit-in at Oklahoma City s Katz drugstore in 1958, launching a national sit-in movement to demonstrate against segregation. She continued her non-violent activism, participating in marches, demonstrations and was jailed numerous times for her Civil Rights work.
Former Gov. Mary Fallin
1957–
Mary Fallin became Oklahoma s first female governor when she took office on January 10, 2011. Fallin also made history as the first woman to be elected lieutenant governor of Oklahoma, a position she served in from 1995-2007. She was then elected to the 110th Congress, which was only the second time a woman had represented Oklahoma in Congress. When Fallin took office,
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Feb 3, 2021
A Norman man has been charged with five felonies, including one count each of first-degree burglary and robbery by force or fear, and three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon.
Domanic Jermaine Turner, 41, was charged Jan. 4 in Cleveland County District Court.
According to a court affidavit, a Norman Police officer reported around 9:12 p.m. Jan. 3 to Riverbend Apartments and spoke with three women, one of whom had multiple stab wounds to her leg and torso.
One woman said Turner broke her apartment window at Ashton Place Apartments. The women fled together in a vehicle, but Turner followed and hit the back of the car. They stopped at Riverbend Apartments, where Turner hit the car again and blocked the driver from exiting.
Feb 4, 2021
Feb 4, 2021
A Norman man faces two felony counts of lewd acts to a child under age 12 after he was charged Jan. 26 in Cleveland County District Court.
Bryan Allan Thomas, 24, allegedly inappropriately touched the privates of a 5-year-old girl between Dec. 29, 2019, and Jan. 7, 2020, according to a court affidavit.
A Norman Police detective started investigating a report of a young girl acting out sexually with her cousin. When she was asked about the behavior, she pointed to her privates and said âDaddy Bryan,â aka Thomas, had played with her there.
According to the affidavit, during a forensic interview at the Mary Abbott Children s House, the girl disclosed via drawings that Thomas had put his mouth on her bottom more than once and that he had touched her there with his hands, causing her pain. She also disclosed through drawings that Thomas made her put her mouth on his privates.