Oklahoma City dedicated a $33 million-plus Frederick Douglass high school with his kin.(Confidential)(Brief article)

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Oklahoma City dedicated a $33 million-plus Frederick Douglass high school with his kin, Frederick Douglass, IV, and his wife, ...

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