Roscoe Dunjee - Fairlawn Cemetery - OKC, OK
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N 35° 29.993 W 097° 31.729
14S E 633430 N 3929475
"Father of the Civil Rights Thrust in Oklahoma"
Waymark Code: WMFTJD
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2012
Views: 6
The final resting place of Roscoe Dunjee is at the northwest side of Fairlawn Cemetery, at the far southwest corner of the section. His is an upright, light grey marker with the following text:
Dunjee
Roscoe
1884-1965
Mother Lydia
1846-1928
Founder - Editor - Publisher
The Black Dispatch
Father of the Civil Rights Thrust in Oklahoma
Organized 1st NAACP State Conference - 1931
Although his headstone indicates his year of birth as 1884, the biography on the Oklahoma Historical Society website lists his year of birth as 1883.
Description:
Source: Oklahoma Historical Society
Roscoe Dunjee was the editor of Oklahoma City's only black newspaper (first edition was in 1914). He led the fight for civil rights in the state, being the president of the Oklahoma branches of the NAACP for sixteen years.
In all his varied activities Roscoe Dunjee's aim was the elevation of the race. Dunjee tirelessly worked for the civil rights of black Americans. Whether in a scathing editorial denouncing injustice or in a speech before an organization, he was uncompromising in his stand for equality and justice.
(See link below for a more detailed biography)
Date of birth: 06/21/1884
Date of death: 03/01/1965
Area of notoriety: Politics
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Sunrise to Sunset
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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