Dr. Bob Blackburn | Race & Oklahoma History Part 3: Strong Women - Two Stories of Tearing Down the Walls of Segregation

United Voice Oklahoma Podcast

In this third episode of our special four part series entitled “Race & Oklahoma History”, Dr. Bob Blackburn, Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, joins Wayland & Cece to share the stories of two Oklahoma women who are US Civil Rights pioneers. First they talk about the legacy of Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, who broke down the walls of segregation at the University of Oklahoma. They then discuss the story of Clara Luper and the sit-in movement she led with young people right here in our community. Come join us for United Voice history class, you need to know the stories of these strong women!

The Oklahoma Historical Society : Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher: https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FI009

The Oklahoma Historical Society : Clara Luper: https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=LU005\

Clara Luper Civil Rights Center of OKC - Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/okcclcrc/

The Oklahoma History Center https://www.okhistory.org/historycenter/

Learn more about United Voice Oklahoma at: http://unitedvoiceok.org/