By Adrian O Hanlon III Editor May 28, 2021
Primus Moore
A retired McAlester educator believes students can grow through learning more about the Tulsa Race Massacre.
Primus Moore said more should be done to educate students about what historians call the nation s worst race massacre, which merits just three sentences in a history text for juniors at McAlester High School. The school supplements instruction with videos and materials â but Moore said more should be done statewide.
âI really don t think it s enough, Moore said. I think it s a start; it s a beginning.
The Tulsa Race Massacre began May 31, 1921, and lasted less than 16 hours with an angry white mob destroying 1,200 Black homes and businesses in the previously flourishing Black community of Greenwood along what was known as Black Wall Street.
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Primus Moore, left, and Herbert Keith publicly thanks those who ve helped with the cleanup and and restoration of the former L Ouverture School during a cememony held in McAlester s Hunter Park,
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A group of student volunteers from McAlester Public Schools hold certificates they ve been presented for their volunteer efforts to help with the cleanup and restoration of the former L Ouverture School. Students were presented the certificates during a May Day celebration at Hunter Park.
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Some of the individuals attending the May Day celebration at McAlester s Hunter Park talk about the day s festivities. Pictured, from left: Ann Walker, McAlester Mayor John Browne, Bobby Cox, Primus Moore, Herbert Keith, Will Ella Davis, Coluah Watts Stanfield and Donald E. Brown.
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Herbert Keith, left, and Primus Moore hope to restore the former LâOuverture School building. They both attended LâOuverture and graduated with the class of 1965, prior to LâOuvertureâs integration with McAlester Public Schools.
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The L Ouverture School Auditorium in McAlester.
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The auditorium can be seen through a broken window at the L Ouverture School building in McAlester
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Primus Moore, a retired McAlester educator shown in this file photo, hopes to restore L Ouverture School.
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L Ouverture School in McAlester, which was last used as McAlester High School s Key Academy.