This day in Oklahoma history: February 8
A civil rights activist who challenged Oklahoma's segregation laws was born on February 8, 1924.
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A civil rights activist who challenged Oklahoma's segregation laws was born on February 8, 1924.
In 1939, governors of Oklahoma and 21 other states opted to celebrate the traditional Thanksgiving date rather than a week earlier (what some referred to as "Franksgiving" after FDR).
Civil Rights leader Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher made hide history in Norman as the first Black woman to enroll at the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1946.
Civil Rights leader Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher made hide history in Norman as the first Black woman to enroll at the University of Oklahoma School of Law in 1946.