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The Oklahoma County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) appointed Dr. Andrea Benjamin as trustee of the Oklahoma County Home Finance Authority with a vote of 3-0 on Wednesday.

KFOR is remembering the a sit-in movement started by Clara Luper and the NAACP Youth Council at Katz Drug Store in downtown Oklahoma City 65 years ago.

Clara Luper and 13 kids from the Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council ordered up peaceful protest at a Katz Drug Store in Oklahoma City.

The Clara Luper Legacy Committee is honoring the 65th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Sit-Ins with a four-day celebration.

Teachers are getting ready to head back to the classroom, but not without learning some key lessons themselves.

Days after a Tulsa judge struck down a legal path to restitution for the survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, KFOR caught up with Dr. Karlos Hill at his home in Norman.

Legislation showcasing Oklahoma’s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement has been signed into law.

The Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra tunes itself to an A note before every rehearsal which might have been the letter grade someone like history teacher and civil rights icon Clara Luper gave to an entire orchestral work composed in her honor.

May 3rd marks the 100th anniversary of the birthday of Civil Rights icon Clara Luper.

This year marks another celebration to the mother of the Civil Rights Movement in Oklahoma Clara Luper.

A senate bill to connect all-Black towns and locations significant to the civil rights movement and Native American sites is one step closer to becoming law.

The balance contained pictures and news clippings about her own father who signed on to the Oklahoma City Police Dept. in the Summer of 1940, and who likely became the city’s first black detective in 1944.

The Oklahoma City Public Schools Foundation and Oklahoma City Public Schools have announced nine finalists for 2023 OKCPS Teacher of the Year.

(Stacker) Black History Month is dedicated to celebrating the achievements and reflecting on the experiences of African Americans. What began as a week in 1926 has blossomed into 28 days of remembrance and lessons on the contributions of Black Americans. Many Black Americans come from a lineage of captured and enslaved people who were forcibly […]

Organizers say the district is hiring for many positions, including 44 classroom teachers.

Oklahoma City Public Schools is hosting a job fair on Tuesday, November 29.

Organizers say residents are invited to learn about and voice their opinions on which beautification projects they would like to see implemented as part of MAPS 4.

It’s been 64 years since Clara Luper and the Oklahoma City NAACP Youth Council sat down at the Katz drugstore counter and initiated one of the first civil rights protests in the country.

It has been 64 years since a local schoolteacher and her students initiated one of the first civil rights protests in the country.

The historic landmark in northeast Oklahoma City was originally home to Oklahoma City’s NAACP Youth Council and has long been considered home of OKC’s civil rights movement.