Posts tagged civil rights
High School Student Creates First Amendment Teaching Moment for Administration
6.12.13
Nicole Nash
June 12, 2013
Kellyville, OK—You would be excused for not associating a high school prom with the First Amendment, but when Kellyville Public School officials recently told a student he would be denied attendance to prom if he wore a kilt, they turned a high school rite of More >
ACLU mourns death of civil rights pioneer
6.13.11
The ACLU of Oklahoma mourns the death of civil rights pioneer Clara Luper. Luper passed away earlier this month.
In 1958, three years before the famous freedom rides, Luper led a group of young activists to Katz Drug store and sat down at the segregated counter. The group endured threats and More >
