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Local resident urges preservation of historic Blackhawk school, gym, church and cemetery
McAlester City Council · December 23, 2025
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Summary
Clarence Ellis Jr., a McAlester graduate, presented research and asked the council and staff to help preserve a local Black community school, gymnasium, church and cemetery, proposing tourism uses, a digital flip book and community events.
At the council meeting Clarence Ellis Jr., a 1967 graduate, presented research from the Oklahoma Historic Preservation Office and the National Park Service and urged the city to help preserve a local school, gym, church and adjacent cemetery important to the Black community.
Ellis described his family's…
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