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Brooksville, located in Pottawatomie County four miles southwest of Tecumseh in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma (Oklahoma Territory), was established in 1903. Originally the town was named Sewell, after a white doctor who owned much of the surrounding land and who attended the residents. In 1912, the name changed to Brooksville in honor of the first African American in the area, A. R. Brooks, a cotton buyer and farmer. His son, W. M. Brooks, became the first postmaster. The post office was established in 1909 and lasted until 1955. In 1906, Rev. Jedson White organized St. John’s Baptist Church. Soon afterward, the congregation built a church that still exists. White also promoted the town throughout the South, urging African Americans to settle there. The Santa Fe Railroad moved through Brooksville which gave the town access to Tecumseh and Shawnee. As the town grew, there were three hotels, two doctors, and two mills.
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Makai Blades was recently named 2020 Mr. GHS (Glenpool High School). Maki is a senior at Glenpool. Makai’s honors during high school included being named Homecoming King during football season, Running Back of the Year for District 5, October Student of the Month, OCA Male Scholar of the Year, and All Star by Class Football Team. He was predicted to win the state championship in 5A 100 and 200 track events. Last year he won the 100 and 2 nd in the 200. He also rand the 4x1 and 4x2. He has obtained a track scholarship to Pittsburg State in Kansas.
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McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents, an important case leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in Brown v. Board of Education, struck down the Oklahoma statute that mandated segregation in education. The case began when the University of Oklahoma denied George W. McLaurin admission to its graduate program in education, citing the segregation statute, which made it a misdemeanor to operate a school in which both blacks and whites were taught. McLaurin filed suit in federal court in Oklahoma City. In an opinion marked by balance, even caution, a three-judge panel struck down the law, to the extent that it prohibited McLaurin from attending the University of Oklahoma. whites were taught. McLaurin filed suit in federal court in Oklahoma City. In an opinion marked by balance, even caution, a three-judge panel struck down the law, to the extent that it prohibited McLaurin from attending the University of Oklahoma.
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Monday afternoon Hughes County Sheriff Marcia Maxwell and her Deputies executed the first of several search warrants that will soon come to the Dustin area.
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LEE’S TEXACO 50TH ANNIVERSARY —One of the most well-known businesses in Hughes County is Lee’s Texaco in Horntown. For over fifty years they have provided food, fuel and tires to countless customers. Started in 1969 by W.G.
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According to a press release from the Hughes County Sheriff’s office, Rebecca Marie Jackson, 51, was taken into custody on April 17.
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