{"id":35251,"date":"2022-10-10T04:30:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=35251"},"modified":"2022-10-07T16:18:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T21:18:39","slug":"alumni-gather-at-oklahoma-citys-old-northeast-high-school-to-honor-1970-student-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2022\/10\/10\/alumni-gather-at-oklahoma-citys-old-northeast-high-school-to-honor-1970-student-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni gather at Oklahoma City&#8217;s old Northeast High School to honor 1970 student activism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A group of alumni from the former Northeast High School in Oklahoma City returned to their alma mater this weekend to remember their old school and activism many engaged in more than 50 years ago. StateImpact\u2019s Robby Korth tagged along. Listen to his story below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; margin-bottom: 20px; border-radius: 6px; overflow: hidden;\"><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/player.captivate.fm\/episode\/350e220c-63ab-47b0-b9ae-9016f0d74720\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35254\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 504px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35254\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-504x672.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-504x672.jpeg 504w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-1440x1920.jpeg 1440w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-113x150.jpeg 113w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-620x827.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-810x1080.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0030-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Robby Korth \/ StateImpact Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oklahoma City woman Terry Fife poses with her sweater from Northeast High School shortly before a ceremony dedicating the plaza at Classen SAS High School at Northeast. Fife attended Northeast High School in the 1970s.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terry Fife was a student at a newly integrated Northeast High School in 1970.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She said at that time there was heavy pushback from people opposed to white and Black people going to school together in Oklahoma City.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn essence, many of them wanted to see this fail,\u201d she said of integration \u201cAnd so we began to realize that, wow, we need to make an investment in, you know, supporting integration, supporting public schools.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That year OKC voters were tasked with passing a millage to continue funding Oklahoma City Public Schools. Fife said she was told if it didn\u2019t pass, it\u2019s unlikely that she and her classmates would be able to finish out the school year.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, students organized. Headlines from the time say as many as 400 marched to the state capitol calling on voters to support the millage, which ultimately passed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alum Brenda Loggins said she hopes modern students take that history of their building to heart.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe want to encourage you to be aware of the issues that you have and to know that you have power,\u201d Loggins said. \u201cYou have a voice.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, Northeast is no more. Its name disappeared when its building was taken over by Classen School of Advanced Studies High School at Northeast a few years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fife said, a newly dedicated monument and plaza named for the old Northeast is a good first step. Still, there\u2019s a wound in the community around the school in losing the old name and Vikings mascot.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35256\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 497px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35256\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-497x672.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-497x672.jpeg 497w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-1420x1920.jpeg 1420w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-768x1038.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-1136x1536.jpeg 1136w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-1515x2048.jpeg 1515w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-111x150.jpeg 111w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-222x300.jpeg 222w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-620x838.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-799x1080.jpeg 799w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2022\/10\/IMG_0049-scaled.jpeg 1894w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Robby Korth \/ StateImpact Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Headlines on student activism based out of Northeast High School surrounding a local property tax vote to help fund public schools.<\/p>\n<\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, Fife said it was important to reenact that walk on a dreary October afternoon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And so a small group of both Black and white alumni reenacted their march from 50 years ago \u2013 maybe walking a bit slower. But still just as determined to fight for their school and their community.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe also want to make sure that we support the school,\u201d Fife said. \u201cWe are big public school supporters. Public school is such an American institution. And it&#8217;s like one of our most brilliant ideas.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of alumni from the former Northeast High School in Oklahoma City returned to their alma mater this weekend to remember their old school and activism many engaged in more than 50 years ago. StateImpact\u2019s Robby Korth tagged along. 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