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OK: State's Black Leaders Want Capitol (Black Oklahoman ) Statue
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Oklahoma's black leaders agree it's time to have a statue at the state Capitol commemorating the contributions made by someone of their race.

``Look over there, and you'll see an Indian and a cowboy. Where's the African-American?'' civil rights activist Clara Luper said last month at the bell-ringing ceremony in front of the Oklahoma Historical Society, across the street from the Capitol's south entrance.

``This is important because if a black kid comes to the Capitol, he has to have a picture taken by an Indian statue or a statue of a cowboy,'' Luper said later in a telephone interview with The Oklahoman. ``We have a lot of people that go out to the state Capitol, and a picture is worth a thousand words.''

Bruce Fisher, diversity curator at the Oklahoma Historical Society, said he believes the buffalo soldier memorial would satisfy those who want a statue of a black hero at the Capitol while also fitting the theme of frontier history represented in other art at the Capitol grounds. ``They protected Indian Territory from encroachers before it was open to settlement; they protected it after the Civil War; they protected the building of telegraph lines and stage coaches. They were so important and practically uncelebrated.''
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