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"Harmony and Cooperation": Robert A. Hefner, Mayor of Oklahoma City

Description: Article illustrates the life and political career of Robert A. Hefner, who served as mayor of Oklahoma City from 1939 to 1947. Clifford Trafzer explores his success in fostering community and urban development, and some of the challenges he faced during the Great Depression and World War II.
Date: Spring 1984
Creator: Trafzer, Clifford
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"Lily-White" Juries on Trial: The Civil Rights Defense of Jess Hollins

Description: Article describes the proceedings of the court case against Jess Hollins in 1931, who had allegedly raped a white woman, and the discourse over the racial imbalance in U.S. court juries it inspired. Roger W. Cummins closely examines the details of the case, and provides examples of other cases handled poorly in evidence of a racial bias.
Date: Summer 1985
Creator: Cummins, Roger W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

"No job for a woman"

Description: Article provides a biographical tribute to the life of Sallie Sturgeon, also known as Mrs. Thomas H. Sturgeon in her marriage, who was the first woman enforcement officer in the State Department of Health, editor of a woman's page and later a publication for women named The Oklahoma Lady, and also, ironically, President of Anti-suffragists in Oklahoma.
Date: Summer 1983
Creator: Crockett, Bernice N.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Cattle Market for the World: The Oklahoma National Stockyards

Description: Article describes the creation and development of the Oklahoma National Stockyards, which was the largest and most modern livestock enterprise ever conducted at one time. Carol Holderby Welsh describes the complex itself as well as the impact it had on Oklahoma City and the area surrounding it.
Date: Spring 1982
Creator: Welsh, Carol Holderby
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

The Right to be Served: Oklahoma City's Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, 1958-1964

Description: Article describes the history of the campaign for equal treatment of African-Americans in Oklahoma City, beginning with the lunch counter sit-ins organized by the NAACP's Youth Council. Carl R. Graves catalogs the efforts of the NAACP and other organizations to end opposition to the desegregation laws passed years earlier.
Date: Summer 1981
Creator: Graves, Carl R.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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