Impact: Blacks in Oklahoma History is a resource book of events and
people in the African American communities of the forty-sixth state
of the union. It follows chronologically events from before the
Land Run to the Tulsa Race Riots and the Oklahoma City Sit-Ins,
including stories gleaned from personal interviews of individuals
who made important civil rights contributions to state history. The
book is rich with photographs helping to tell the story of the
impact African Americans have had on the state and on the nation.
Included are chapters on civil rights leader Clara Luper, baseball
great Joe Carter, basketball icon and musician Wayman Tisdale, as
well as Ada Lois Sipuel Fisher, Roscoe Dunjee, All-Black Towns, the
Buffalo Soldiers, and Desegregation.This edition of the book
includes educational activity pages following each chapter.About
the author: Rochelle Stephney-Roberson was born and raised in
Oklahoma City. She grew up in a close knit family where racial
pride and importance of education were instilled from both parents.
Rochelle received a bachelor of science degree in Education and a
master's degree in Library Science with emphasis on Elementary
School Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma in
Edmond, OK. She began working in the Oklahoma City Public Schools
system in 1981 and again in 1986. She has worked with and educated
youth for over 25 years.
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