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Nov 17, 2012 · 100 YEARS OF OKLAHOMAN ALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAMS — A look at the rosters for The Oklahoman All-State teams for 1913, 1923, 1933, 1943, 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993 and 2003.
- Education Roots Older Than Statehood
- Booker T.’s Roots
- ‘Failure Was Not An Option’
- Inspiring Students to Teach
- ‘Each-One-Teach-One’
- The Booker T. Effect
- The Hive’s Legacy
- Challenges and Solutions
In her job as a molder of young minds, Ross is part of a storied tradition of Black community devotion to public education in Tulsa that dates back 120 years. Since Blacks first created the Historic Greenwood District in the early 1900s, community leaders put a heavy accent on schooling. One early patron was Jake Dillard, a Black businessman credit...
Located on North Hartford Avenue, it had a newly-built 18-room brick main schoolhouse designed for 241 lower grade students and a two-room frame building for seven high school students. The board’s name for the new school – the Separate School for Coloreds – did not fly with North Tulsans. The community renamed it after Black leader Booker Taliafer...
LaVerne Wimberly’s inspiration to become an educator started when she was a kid in the 1940s and 1950s. She attended Dunbar Elementary, Carver Middle, and graduated from Booker T. in 1956. Wimberly, 81, gushes when she recalls her experiences in those all-Black schools. “The education I had was second to none,” she said in an interview. “Teachers w...
Donna Ross’s attraction to schooling came 30 years later. In 1977, her father, Don Ross – the former reporter, columnist and vice president for The Oklahoma Eagle who would become a North Tulsa civic and political leader –moved his family from Gary, Indiana, to Tulsa, his hometown. At seven, Ross enrolled at Whitman, where she quickly fell under th...
These and a legion of other Northside teachers were intent that their students know the classic books, gain math skills and get a grounding in all the other basics. The “each-one-teach-one” mantra – that became a rallying cry in Black schools across the U.S., particularly during Jim Crow and segregation – seemed to resonate with greater urgency in ...
Between the 1940s and mid-1970s, the Black population of Tulsa County doubled from around 18,500 to nearly 40,000. The number and footprint of Black schools also began to sprawl. Clustered initially around the heart of North Tulsa, the circle of primarily Black Schools widened to include Gilcrease Elementary School near Turley and Roosevelt Junior ...
Buoyed first by the leadership of Woods – and later that of Henry C. Whitlow Jr. and other principals and teachers – Booker T. has played a monumental role in the academic life of North Tulsa. As a segregated institution, its leadership motivated Black students to gain the highest possible distinctions in scholastics and sports for its first six de...
Tulsa’s past and current Black educators cite a long list of issues with the education of Black children in Tulsa. Wimberly points to restrictions in teaching rules that make it challenging for teachers to educate the whole child. For Courtni McGilbra, the Tulsa Black Educators Facebook page co-administrator, the lack of engagement among Black pare...
Here is an overview of what Republican voters in Oklahoma County can expect to see on their ballots come June 18, along with a brief outline of each candidate’s key priorities and endorsements. An asterisk (*) following a candidate’s name will indicate incumbency.
Oct 18, 2024 · Friday, October 18th 2024, 10:44 am. By: News On 6. Six filmmakers from Oklahoma are set to showcase their work at the All-American High School Film Festival (AAHSFF) in New York City this weekend ...
Feb 23, 2023 · OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has announced the recipients of its prestigious 2023 Academic All-State Awards. These 100 top public high school seniors, selected from hundreds of applications statewide, hail from 75 schools in 68 Oklahoma school districts.
Sep 3, 2014 · He's been a School Resource Officer in North Tulsa for the past 10 years. His family has been by his side. “They're alright with what I do,” Derrick Sr. said. “Most people have good things to say...
Jul 1, 2021 · Gallery: The top Oklahoma high school football player since 1958. Each season since 1958, the Tulsa World named its All-State football Player of the Year. Since beginning the All-World Awards...
