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A Conversation on Race and Gender in Oklahoma History, Oklahoma History Center
March 10, 2016, 6:30 p.m.–8 p.m.
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On Thursday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m., the Oklahoma Historical Society will host a special program featuring a short film about the Daniel Holtzclaw case and his crimes against 13 African American women. The film, titled “OKC 13,” will be followed by a panel discussion. Doors of the Oklahoma History Center will open at 5:30 p.m. and the program begins at 6:30 p.m. The program is titled A Conversation on Race and Gender in Oklahoma History, featuring the “OKC 13” mini-documentary.
In her film, producer Carmen Coffee explores the abuse of power surrounding Holtzclaw’s attacks and investigates open dialogue about justice and accountability in one American community. The panel discussion will feature first-person stories about overcoming biases based on race and gender through Oklahoma history from the 1940s to the 2000s. On the panel will be Judge Vicki Miles LaGrange, historian Bruce Fisher, Oklahoma City NAACP president Garland Pruitt and Oklahoma Highway Patrol Officer Lateka Alexander.
For more information contact Larry O’Dell, (405) 522-6676 or email lodell@okhistory.org.
