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Booker T. Washington High School Desegregation Announcement, Oral Roberts
Booker T. Washington High School Desegregation Announcement, Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts Speeches and Addresses
In 1973, Booker T. Washington became a pilot school for desegregation in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On April 10, 1973, Oral Roberts issued a statement in support of the "future of Washington High School" and the "voluntary efforts to integrate" the families of Tulsa. Roberts declared, "We all hope and pray that we all can get together and that is will be more than an experiment, it will be something living in the midst of all of us that demonstrates our real sincere feelings of brotherhood."
1971 Central High School Assembly Address, Oral Roberts
1971 Central High School Assembly Address, Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts Speeches and Addresses
Ths is a transcript of an address delivered to the students of Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oral Roberts address the topic of Thanksgiving. He shared the principles of seed faith in relation to being good students.
Racial Brotherhood Chapel - 10-15-1969, Maynard Ungerman
Racial Brotherhood Chapel - 10-15-1969, Maynard Ungerman
Chapel AV & Transcripts
This is a transcript of a Chapel service on the campus of Oral Roberts Unviersity in Tulsa, OK. This chapel is dedicated to the topic of Racial Brotherhood. A panel of speakers address racism against Jewish and Negro people in America and in the city of Tulsa include Mrs. Maynard Ungerman, Finney Att, Jeanie Sinclair, Kathrine Copeland, Betty Hopkins. The panel is moderated by Maynard Ungerman, a Jewish lawyer and civil rights activist from Tulsa.
1969 Will Rogers High School Commencement Address, Oral Roberts
1969 Will Rogers High School Commencement Address, Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts Speeches and Addresses
On May 29th, 1969, Oral Roberts was the commencement speaker for the 30th Graduation exercises for Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Roberts family children attended Tulsa Public Schools. The Principal of the school, Dr. Knight, was also a good friend of the family.
Roberts shared with graduates about the importance of relationship. He notes,
"We hear a lot about the generation gap and the gap between races or the gap between lasses, and after dealing with thousand of people face to face and hand to hand and looking at the thing seriously, I believe there is no …