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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
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
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"
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"
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?"
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
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
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"
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
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"
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"
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
The Group: Sunday Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times
Two newspaper clippings from the Sunday Oklahoman, "Lawton Nips New March;" and the Oklahoma City Times, "Park March Leader Pessimistic."
Date:
1966-07-02/1966-07-03
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Group: The Mouthpiece, "Lawton Park Facing Civil Rights Lawsuit"
Newspaper article from the Mouthpiece, "Lawton Park Facing Civil Rights Lawsuit."
Date:
1966-07-02/1966-09-10
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
History of the Group
Documentation detailing the history of the civil rights movement the Group.
Date:
July 29, 1966
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Judy Meyers, Miss Lawton 1966
Portrait of Judy Meyers, Miss Lawton of 1966 from August to March.
Date:
1966
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History