An annual banquet to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is not being held in McAlester this year due to concerns about COVID-19, but organizers plan to go ahead
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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.
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Staff file photoJames Brown during his time as a McAlester city councilor. He was the McAlester Ward 4 city councilor when he died Tuesday. Brown also served as the Ward 4 councilor 1982-1992 and 1994-2003.
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ADRIAN O HANLON III | Staff photoJames Brown discusses social issues at a 2020 Black Lives Matter event in McAlester.
JAMES BEATY | Staff photoMcAlester Vice Mayor/Ward 4 Councilor James Brown shares a light moment while wearing his Oklahoma State Cowboys orange during a 2020 meeting of the McAlester City Council. topical featured
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Staff file photoJames Brown during his time as a McAlester city councilor. He was the McAlester Ward 4 city councilor when he died Tuesday. Brown also served as the Ward 4 councilor 1982-1992 and 1994-2003.
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NEWS-CAPITAL | File photoNewman Miller, right, is shown in this file with the Rev. Terren Anderson, left, of Life Church, during a previous Dr. Martin Luther King Commemorative Ceremony at Mount Triumph Baptist Church in McAlester.
File photoMcAlester resident Miller Newman serves as a volunteer in this file photo from a previous Pittsburg County Community Thanksgiving Dinner. He said Thursday he d never expected to see the what occurred when rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. editor s pick topical featured popular Veteran civil rights and labor leader reacts to Washington riot
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NEWS-CAPITAL | File photoNewman Miller, right, is shown in this file with the Rev. Terren Anderson, left, of Life Church, during a previous Dr. Martin Luther King Commemorative Ceremony at Mount Triumph Baptist Church in McAlester.