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Lincoln Johnson Ragsdale Sr. (July 27, 1926 – June 9, 1995) was an influential leader in the Phoenix-area Civil Rights Movement.Known for his outspokenness, Ragsdale was instrumental in various reform efforts in the Valley, including voting rights and the desegregation of schools, neighborhoods, and public accommodations.
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Born on January 19, 1980, [2] Heather Rose Rich [1] was the third child of Gail and Duane Rich, who moved to Waurika, Oklahoma, in 1974. The Riches chose Waurika for its insulating nature; it reminded them of their hometown of Elgin, Oklahoma—a "place where kids couldn't get into too much trouble because there wasn't much trouble to get into."
Mazola Holman McKerson was born on January 10, 1921, to parents Daisy Turner and Calvin Holman in Bluff, Oklahoma, a small community located near Hugo, Oklahoma.After the early death of her father, McKerson moved to Ardmore, Oklahoma in 1929 with her mother's sister, Pearl May, who raised Mazola as her own daughter.
Officer Scott Smith shot Franklyn Reid to death during a foot chase. The following month, Smith was charged with murder in Reid's death, and was sentenced to 6 years of prison in 2000. The conviction was appealed, and Smith pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of criminally negligent homicide, and received two years of probation. [46 ...
Ardmore is the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. [4] The population was 24,725 at the time of the 2020 census, [5] a 1.8% increase over the 2010 census figure of 24,283. [6]
He continued on with his murder spree along with his wife, Verna, and brother, Harold, on June 22, 1978. His wife flagged down the Lorenz family on the side of Interstate 35 near Purcell, Oklahoma, when Melvin Lorenz, 38, his wife, Linda, 31, and their son, Richard, 12, were traveling to North Dakota for the funeral of Melvin Lorenz's mother ...
Gene Autry is a town in Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 154 at the time of the 2020 census, [4] down just slightly from the 158 reported in the 2010 census. [5] It is part of the Ardmore, Oklahoma Micropolitan Statistical Area.