ADA, Okla. – In celebration of Black History Month, the East Central University Black Alumni Association will host a free dinner and program inside the Chickasaw Business & Conference Center on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 6 p.m.
The program’s featured speaker is civil rights activist, Marilyn Luper-Hildreth, who will be presenting, “African Americans in Labor: Continuing to Uplift and Build Others.”
The event is free and open to the public. Guests must RSVP at ecok.edu/2025BAA. Registration will remain open until all spaces are full.
Luper-Hildreth is a graduate of Douglass High School and Langston University in Oklahoma City, Okla. She is the daughter of renowned civil rights activist, Clara Luper, and was an active member of the NAACP Youth Council at a very young age where took significant part in the first sit-in that took place in Oklahoma City at Katz Drug Store in 1958.
Professionally, she owned her own business with Allstate Insurance located in Northwest Oklahoma City, where she insured many citizens with Auto, Home, Life and Commercial insurance before she retired.
She is a member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and Fifth Street Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. She serves on the Clara Luper Legacy Committee, Clara Luper Sit-In Plaza Committee and the Oklahoma City Clara Luper Civil Rights Center.
Luper-Hildreth is the mother of three children and the grandmother of five. She spends her time giving motivational speeches and continuing her mother’s legacy.
The ECU Black Alumni Association was established in 2018 to enhance the college experience for the African American students on campus through awarding scholarships, and by providing opportunities for students and alums of color to socialize and network. The Black Alumni Association is also committed to working collaboratively with the ECU Alumni Association to grow the alumni membership base, and to encourage alums to actively support ECU and give back to the University.
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