The McLaurin family--George W. McLaurin, (1887-1968), Peninah S. McLaurin (1893-1966), and Dunbar Simms McLaurin (1920-1973)--are regarded as one of Oklahoma's history-making black families in the areas of civil rights, desegregation, and...
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The McLaurin family--George W. McLaurin, (1887-1968), Peninah S. McLaurin (1893-1966), and Dunbar Simms McLaurin (1920-1973)--are regarded as one of Oklahoma's history-making black families in the areas of civil rights, desegregation, and economics. The McLaurin family collection comprises a dismantled scrapbook of newspaper clippings on segregation in Oklahoma schools and higher education, the McLaurin (George W.) desegregation case, the drive to end segregation in the educational system throughout the United States, the relationship between U.S. politics and civil rights, Southern reaction to Supreme Court desegregation rulings, and related information, 1948-1973. There are also obituary notices and funeral programs for the McLaurins (1966-1972); personal and career information (e.g., resumes and curriculum vitae) for Dunbar McLaurin; and letters, newspaper, and magazine clippings by and about Dunbar McLaurin.
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