Oklahoma’s kindness, support shown in Project Community stories

UNHURT. OKLAHOMA KNOWN KINDNESS AND SUPPORT. REFLECTING ON 2022 AS THE YEAR COMES TO A CLOSE, KOCO HAS BEEN SHARING SOME OF THE BEST OF OUR STATE THROUGH PROJECT COMMUNITY. KOCO. SHELBY MONTGOMERY GIVES US A LOOK BACK FROM OUR DIVERSE CULTURE TO DEEP DIVES INTO OUR HISTORY. THIS YEAR, WE’VE SHARED STORIES THAT MAKE US THE OKLAHOMA WE KNOW AND LOVE. SO THAT’S THE SHIELD ON THE STATE FLAG. OKLAHOMA TAKING IT BACK TO THE 1800, SHOWING THE INSPIRATION FOR OUR STATE FLAG. IT WAS AN UNTIL THE 1920S, THE FLAG WENT FROM THIS TO THIS. KOCO GOT A ONE ON ONE TOUR OF THE BASEMENT INSIDE THE OKLAHOMA HISTORY CENTER. LOOKING AT ARTIFACTS DISTINCT TO OKLAHOMA. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL OSAGE SHIELD THAT’S ON OUR STATE FLAG. NOW. MORE THAN A CENTURY AGO, IT WAS OWNED BY BLACK DOG. THE SECOND A MAN SOME SAY AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE. IN THE 1880S, HE BECAME ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL LEADERS OF THE OSAGE. HE ALSO, IN THE 1890S, BECAME ALONG WITH TALL CHIEF. THE PRIMARY PERSON TO BRING THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH TO THE OSAGE. HE SPENT MUCH OF HIS LIFE WORKING A LARGER SENSE TO THE BENEFIT OF OSAGE NATION. THIS FLAG A PIECE OF OKLAHOMA HISTORY KOCO ALSO TOOK A LOOK BACK AT HISTORY BEING MADE HERE WHERE THE CATS STORE USED TO SIT, A SPOT WHERE THE MONUMENTAL SIT IN HAPPENED MORE THAN 60 YEARS AGO. LED BY CLARA LUPER TO HELP FIGHT SEGREGATION, WE KNOW THE SACRIFICE WE MADE AND WE ARE PROUD OF IT BECAUSE IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT, I CHALLENGE YOU TO WALK A MILE IN OUR SHOES. THE SPACE NOW USED TO HONOR THAT FIGHT. SOON A $3.6 MILLION BRONZE MONUMENT WILL TELL STORY OF LUPER AND HER 13 STUDENTS. WE NEEDED IT, AND I’M PROUD WAS MY TEACHER. AND I’M PROUD THAT I A PART TO PLAY IN THE CITY. CLARA LUBER ALSO MAKING A LASTING IMPACT HERE. LUBER AND OTHER BLACK EDUCATORS EDUCATING STUDENTS IN THE HALLS OF THE DUNGEY SCHOOL IN THE HEART OF SPENCER. BECAUSE WE WERE PREDOMINATELY BLACK SCHOOL, WE WE DIDN’T EXPERIENCE SIDE IN THAT MUCH PREJUDICE IN WORLD. BUT MS. LUTHER TOLD US IT EXISTS. SO WE WERE PREPARED. I WAS PREPARED FOR IT. WHEN I WENT OUT INTO THE WORLD, THE ALL BLACK SCHOOL WAS NAMED AFTER OKLAHOMA CITY CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER ROSCOE DUNGEY AND THE TRIP TO YOU AS COLOR AS GOLD AND BLUE. THE DOORS HERE NOW CLOSED, THE SCHOOL DECAYING AND IN DISREPAIR. THIS WAS THE LIFE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. DUNGY HIGH SCHOOL. I WAS ON THE BASKETBALL TEAM. I WAS IN THE BAND AND JUST OH, AND MEMORIES. THE SCHOOL LEAVING BEHIND A LASTING LEGACY. DADDY. I LOVE YOU SO, KOCO SHARING THE MOMENTS IN HISTORY, THE PEOPLE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. I STARTED HERE 25 YEARS AGO, AND THE FIRST THING I WAS TOLD HERE, NOT SEE NOTHING AND KNOW NOTHING. SO I DON’T KNOW ANY SECRETS. OKAY. CLEO FIELD, A SHINING SHOES AT THE OKLAHOMA COURTHOUSE FOR DECADES, A MAN KNOWN BY MANY THERE. YES. ELBOW GREASE. AND YOU HAVE TO LIKE TO DO IT. SHARING HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE ONE SHOESHINE AT A TIME, LEAVING LASTING MARK ON OU

2022 Year in Review: Sharing the very best of Oklahoma’s kindness, support

Oklahoma is understood for its kindness and support.

Updated: 8:16 AM CST Dec 27, 2022

Oklahoma is understood for its kindness and support.Reflecting on 2022 and because the yr involves an in depth, KOCO 5 shares the very best of our state by means of Project Community.KOCO 5’s Shelby Montgomery offers us a glance again. Open the video participant above to look at.

Oklahoma is understood for its kindness and support.

Reflecting on 2022 and because the yr involves an in depth, KOCO 5 shares the very best of our state by means of Project Community.

KOCO 5’s Shelby Montgomery offers us a glance again. Open the video participant above to look at.