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The People, Places and Ideas that make North Tulsa a great place to live.

Easter @ lacy Park

Helen Louise Hogan The Bunny and The BOC

A Tribute

Allie’s Flowers

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HELEN LOUISE (JUMPER) HOGAN

Art: Cheryl Jumper Colbert

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CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF

HELEN LOUISE (JUMPER) HOGAN

October 15, 1913 ~ November 15, 2010

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:7

Helen Louise Jumper was born the first child to the union of Emma (Walker) and Benie Albert Jumper. Helen was born in Choska, Oklahoma, on Wednesday, October 15, 1913. She was pre-ceded in death by both parents and six of her siblings:

Lilyan Barbara – Born: Feb 4, 1915 Died: Apr. 19, 1991 Nellie Mae – Born: Apr.6, 1916 Died: Nov. 21, 1984 George Richard – Born: Aug. 27, 1918 Died: Apr. 29, 1984 Horace Benjamin – Born: Jul. 31, 1922 Died: Mar. 15, 1993 AZ – Born: Aug. 14, 1924 Died: Nov. 13, 1984 Opal Marie– Born: Aug. 18, 1926 Died: Sept. 1973

Helen also grieved the loss of her son-in-law, Jeff (Carolyn), a daughter-in-law, Charlene (Kenneth) and her husband, Arthur Hogan. Left to cherish Helen’s memory is her son, Kenneth Jumper (Grace Clark), her daughter, Carolyn Hogan Holmes, and a sister, Josephine Jumper Johnson, Helen’s memory will also be cherished by four grandchildren: Rhonda Faith Lewinson (Robert), Eric Jumper (Ivone Ludwig), Adrian and Roman Holmes; three great grandchildren: Kameron Myles Lewinson, Amalya Faith Lewinson, and Sarah Elizabeth Jumper, with a host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins and dear friends. Helen will be remembered for her love of and obedience to God’s word and her love of family. Tulsa and the Greater Union Baptist Church family had remained in her heart though she had moved to Texas to be with her son. Helen made the chapel at Lackland Airforce Base her new church home. She was steeped in faith, determination, diligence and patience; this all showed in her many accomplishments. Helen was a professional seamstress and quilter. She loved cooking and baking as she relished a good meal, glass of wine and a sweet dessert. Until her sunset in San Antonio, Texas, Helen quilted, worked crosswords and other puzzles; read daily and perhaps engaged in a game of dominoes – Helen played a MEAN game of dominoes and would readily “school” younger generations. She will mostly be remembered for her calm, peaceful demeanor and the smile which accompanied each kind word she’d use in greeting all.

O Give thanks unto the Lord for He is good: for His mercy endureth forever.

Psalms 107

HELEN LOUISE (JUMPER) HOGAN >> pg 36

March | April 2011

This Tribute paid for by the Colbert Family of Fayetteville, Arkansas

1st FRIDAYS

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2011

The passage of Jim Crow laws as the first act of the Oklahoma Legisla-ture in 1907, was, of course, the culprit that lit the match whose long burning fuse ig-nited an accident, irre-sponsible journalism and a mob into one of America’s deadliest race riots. The year was 1921, the place was 36 square blocks, encompassing all what is, today, the His-toric Greenwood and Brady Arts Districts and beyond, north to Pine Street in Tulsa. “I never even knew [about the riot] until I was a law student in the 1980s,” former Tulsa Mayor Bill LaFortune said in his address to hundreds gathered on an overcast, yet, cheer-ful day last fall to offi-cially open the John Hope Franklin Recon-ciliation Park in the His-toric Greenwood Dis-trict. “After living here 53 years, I’ve come to one conclusion”, LaFortune continued, “the most critical issue for this city to move forward and become the greatest city it can be is recon-ciliation of what hap-pened in 1921.” Nearly a century past and light years away from the attitudes that devastated the city, Tulsa’s newest park is not just turf, bricks and mortar, it is a moving visual symbol of pro-gress made over the last decade toward putting to rights the most tragic episode in Tulsa’s his-tory.

IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME If the dedication ceremony for Tulsa’s new JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN RECONCILIATION PARK was any indication, the future for the multi-million dollar, eight year project is golden. Not necessarily in coins, but, in multiplying interest in the messages of accord, tolerance and the possibility of peace that the park, itself, repre-sents. Photos: Page Left: A Wall Street Journal reporter interviews Tulsa author, Eddie Faye Gates about Gates’ quotes

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www.evelynssoulfoodtulsa.com Gertie Palmer, left, didn’t miss a beat in her stirring spoken word presentation admonishing families to show their appreciation and love for their children and vice versa.

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The Golden New Era

on one of the park’s memory stones. Page above: Top (l to r): Crowds listen to dedication speeches. 1921 Race Riot Survivor, Center (l to r): Tulsa City Councilor Roscoe Turner. North Tulsa Historical Society foun-der, Robert Littlejohn. 15

CENTER STAGE TO HISTORY One of the City of Tulsa’s proudest days was cool, overcast and cloudy, weather wise, but bright, sunny and thrilling in spirit. The JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN RECONCILIATION PARK opening day ceremony included speeches from John Whittington Franklin, Oklahoma’s US Senator John Sullivan, Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett & three former Tulsa mayors, Kathy Taylor, Susan Savage, and Bill LaFortune, all having made major contributions to the

Civilization flourishes when people plant trees for the shade under which others will sit. Former Tulsa Mayor Kathy Taylor

ceremonies around the globe, this year, may have been, for many people, the first opportunity to learn the seven principles that Dr. Maulana Karenga, a young Africana Studies professor at California State University. hoped would honor all the peo-ples of Africa and the African diaspora and help to calm a turbulent America in the mid 1960s. Rudisill’s African American Resource Center director, author Alicia Latimer, infuses RUDISILL’S KWANZAA with Karenga’s uni-versal message of community, culture and belonging . Each year the celebration grows even more magical. There are elements of KWANZAA that make it more aptly thought of as a kind of Chinese New Year, St. Patrick’s Day and Cinco de Mayo all rolled into one. Heavy on the New Year. Observed the seven days immediately following Christmas, KWANZAA is our reminder to move into the new year mindful of the sacrifices made by our ancestors and the responsibilities and duties passed from them to hand into the future.

This year’s RUDISILL KWANZAA emphasized an important point that can easily slip your notice year after year. At Kwanzaa,

the elders are in charge, teens are helpers, young adults and families listen. Everyone is enriched.

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UMOJA UNITY KUJICHAGALIA SELF-DETERMINATION UJIMA COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY UJAMAA COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS NIA PURPOSE KUUMBA CREATIVITY IMANI FAITH

KWANZAA

THE 7 PRINCIPLES reconciliation process that helped establish the park and the new center to be completed in future phases of the pro-ject. Representing the JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN CENTER FOR RECONCILIATION, President Julius Pegues remarked on “marvelous day” and thanked those whose hard work brought it about. Deborah Brown Community School students performed original music and spoken word under the direction of Kavin Ross.

“We are building the bridge of reconciliation because, after all, we are one Tulsa, “ said Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett.

JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN RECONCILIATION PARK OPENING DAY CEREMONY Top photo, this page: (l-

r) Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett, Tulsa City Councilors Jack Henderson, Maria Barnes, Roscoe Turner, and OK State Representative Jabar Shumate. Inset: (l-r) Rebecca Marks-Jimerson, OK State Rep. Jabar Shumate, Mrs. Joyce Rogers, Sam Coombs (City Councilor Jack Henderson and anchorwoman, Kim Jackson, in background), the McCondi-chie family, OK State Senator Judy Eason-McIntyre and Steven Dow. Opposite page: A Deborah Brown Community School student joins the ribbon cutting ceremony with (l-r), JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN CENTER FOR RECONCILIATION President Julius Pegues, John Whittington Franklin , and Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett.

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The candles are lit, the stories (ancient and current) of a people are told, families are united, the elders are given gifts. That is KWANZAA 101. Standing room only for KWANZAA at Tulsa’s Rudisill Re-gional Library may be one indication that over 40 years after its founding this rela-tively young cultural celebration has ar-rived. Rudisill’s KWANZAA and Kwanzaa

The Celebration of Life

KWANZAA A rudisill