The year was 1956, and young children between 5 and 6 years old were starting first grade at Frank Hartsfield Elementary School. That year Hilda McCarter started teaching the inaugural first-grade ...

“We are going to take a look back at our map,” Mrs. Harbin said. “I wanted y’all to see all of the love that was spread by one class.” The walls of Mrs. Harbin’s first-grade class at Okmulgee Primary ...