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1543: 209 Firing, Fort Sill captions transcript

1543: 209 Firing, Fort Sill

Footage from a body-mounted camera showing the AH-1 Cobra firing rockets and its main gun pod. No sound. At the beginning of the film, six uniformed men can be seen standing with the helicopter on the ground.
Date: 1966
Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
E.A. Owens Letter (open access)

E.A. Owens Letter

Full letter by E.A. Owens giving an account of the NAACP during the civil rights movement.
Date: July 6, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Albert McKenzie (June 1966)

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Date: June 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

BASEMENT BOX 67.0413

Photograph taken during daylight of structure damaged after fire. Caption: "Razed trailer is examined by Lawton fire officials after an early-morning blaze took the lives of two young girls."
Date: August 24, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Death's First Visit to Old Faxon (open access)

Death's First Visit to Old Faxon

Article describes the tragedy of the first deaths that struck Faxon, Oklahoma, a frontier town initially called "Slogan" when it was established. Albert S. Gilles, Sr. provides personal recollections and recounts the tale of the burial.
Date: Autumn 1966
Creator: Gilles, Albert S., Sr.
Object Type: Article
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Better Business Bureau of Lawton (open access)

The Group: Better Business Bureau of Lawton

Resolution passed by the Better Business Bureau of Lawton in support of a proposed public accommodations ordinance.
Date: August 12, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Bishop Road School Letter (open access)

The Group: Bishop Road School Letter

Letter from William Henderson, Jr., President, Northside Chamber of Commerce to Dept. of Health, Education, Welfare expressing concern about Bishop Road School.
Date: March 16, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Daily Oklahoman, "Lawton Racial Crises Fanned" (open access)

The Group: Daily Oklahoman, "Lawton Racial Crises Fanned"

Newspaper article from the Daily Oklahoman, "Lawton Racial Crises Fanned."
Date: July 2, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Daily Oklahoman, "Racial Pilgrimage Beginning Tonight" (open access)

The Group: Daily Oklahoman, "Racial Pilgrimage Beginning Tonight"

Newspaper article from the Daily Oklahoman, "Racial Pilgrimage Beginning Tonight."
Date: June 16, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Daily Oklahoman, "Swim or Jail for Marchers?" (open access)

The Group: Daily Oklahoman, "Swim or Jail for Marchers?"

Newspaper article from the Daily Oklahoman, "Swim or Jail for Marchers?"
Date: June 18, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Doe Park Protest (open access)

The Group: Doe Park Protest

Page one from a memorandum on planned protest of Doe Park.
Date: June 8, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Harris Hanock Letter (open access)

The Group: Harris Hanock Letter

Letter from Mary McClure, Secretary, the Group to Harris Hanock, Fire Chief expressing appreciation for hiring the first black firefighter.
Date: March 14, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Lawton Constitution, "Rights Ordinance Studied" (open access)

The Group: Lawton Constitution, "Rights Ordinance Studied"

Article from the Lawton Constitution, "Rights Ordinance Studied."
Date: June 21, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Lawton Morning Press and Daily Oklahoman (open access)

The Group: Lawton Morning Press and Daily Oklahoman

Newspaper clippings from Lawton Morning Press, "Plans for March Continue Despite Safety Warnings," and from the Daily Oklahoman, "Dog to Lead Rights March."
Date: June 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Lawton Morning Press, "Doe-Doe Park Not Under Rights Act Jurisdiction" (open access)

The Group: Lawton Morning Press, "Doe-Doe Park Not Under Rights Act Jurisdiction"

Newspaper from the Lawton Morning Press, "Doe-Doe Park Not Under Rights Act Jurisdiction."
Date: June 11, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Lawton Morning Press, "More Demonstrations Threatened Unless City Ordinance is Adopted" (open access)

The Group: Lawton Morning Press, "More Demonstrations Threatened Unless City Ordinance is Adopted"

Newspaper article from the Lawton Morning Press, "More Demonstrations Threatened Unless City Ordinance is Adopted."
Date: June 24, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Letter from David E. McGiffert (open access)

The Group: Letter from David E. McGiffert

Letter from David E. McGiffert, Under Secretary of the Army to E.A. Owens, NAACP, Lawton Chapter pertaining to service personnel using Doe Park facilities.
Date: June 12, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Letter from David E. McGiffert (open access)

The Group: Letter from David E. McGiffert

Two newspapers articles, one from the Sunday Oklahoman called, "Lawton Park Hit by Demonstrators," and from the Lawton Constitution, "Demonstration Staged at Pool."
Date: 1966-06-05/1966-06-19
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Letter from Margaret l. Gover to Ned Shepler (open access)

The Group: Letter from Margaret l. Gover to Ned Shepler

Margaret l. Gover, Interested Citizen to Ned Shepler, Lawton Publishing Co. regarding a misquote attributed to her in a story run in the newspaper on the demonstration at Doe Park.
Date: June 12, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Letter from Oma Lee Blackerby (open access)

The Group: Letter from Oma Lee Blackerby

Letter from Oma Lee Blackerby, Secretary to Mayor Wayne Gilley urging his support of integrating Doe Park.
Date: June 14, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Letter From William Henderson Jr. (open access)

The Group: Letter From William Henderson Jr.

Letter written from William Henderson, Jr., President, Northside Chamber of Commerce to Oliver Hodge, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Schools concerning conditions at Bishop Road school.
Date: March 30, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Letter to the Editor of the Lawton Constitution (open access)

The Group: Letter to the Editor of the Lawton Constitution

Letter from Dr. Owens, Al. Kelly, and William Hayden to the Editor of the Lawton Constitution regarding segregation at Doe Park.
Date: June 6, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Letter William Henderson Jr. to Federal Aviation Administration (open access)

The Group: Letter William Henderson Jr. to Federal Aviation Administration

Letter from William Henderson, Jr., President, Northside Chamber of Commerce to Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC Schools concerning Bishop Road school and future FAA development of the nearby Lawton Airport.
Date: March 30, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: Mayor Wayne Gilley Letter (open access)

The Group: Mayor Wayne Gilley Letter

Letter from Mary McClure, secretary of the Group to Mayor Wayne Gilley and City Council expressing appreciation for hiring the first black firefighter.
Date: March 14, 1966
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History