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The Vinita’s Attucks School Collection is a series of interviews with former students of the school that served the African American community of Vinita, Oklahoma, until desegregation.

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Dates 2014 - 2014

Interviews in Attucks School in Vinita

Oral History Interview Description
Arlene Kirkendoll 08/09/2014 Arlene Kirkendoll attended Attucks School in Vinita, Oklahoma, grades one through eight prior to the integration of Vinita schools. She talks about her childhood and growing up in the Black community.…
Charles Kirkendoll 08/09/2014 Charles Kirkendoll is a 1956 graduate of Attucks School in Vinita, Oklahoma. He talks about his childhood and growing up in Vinita. He describes the Attucks School, which served as the segregated African…
Diana Willis Hubbard 08/09/2014 Diane Willis Hubbard, born in 1947, attended Attucks School in Vinita, Oklahoma through 1956, at which time school integration occurred in Vinita. She talks about her childhood and describes what it was…
Frances Ramsey 08/09/2014 Frances Ramsey, born in Vinita, Oklahoma in 1930, talks about Attucks School where she attended from first to the eighth grade. She explains the importance of her family- having seven siblings as well…
Lois Hunt West 08/09/2014 Lois Hunt West is a 1952 graduate of Attucks School in Vinita, Oklahoma. She describes the school and the teachers who had a great impact on her. She details many memories from her experiences there, such…
Mary Crawford 08/09/2014 Mary Crawford, born in 1932, attended Attucks School in Vinita, Oklahoma, 1937 through 1949. She recalls her childhood and talks about what it was like to grow up in the African American community near…
Okla Hicks 08/09/2014 Okla Hicks, born in 1935, is a 1953 graduate of Attucks School in Vinita, Oklahoma. She describes her childhood, her house, her family, and the school in detail. She recalls some of the influential teachers…
Robert Ramsey Jr. 08/09/2014 Robert Ramsey, Jr, attended Attucks School in Vinita, Oklahoma, during his elementary years before the integration of Vinita public schools. He talks about his childhood and recalls what it was like to…