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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 like to go to Attucks School. She discusses what the town of Vinita was like during segregation and then how things changed when the schools integrated. She explains her career path after high school and her work at Eastern State Hospital, a psychiatric facility. She comments on the strong community in Vinita tied to Attucks School and the hospital. She also mentions some of the specific people in these communities.