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News   Oklahoma City Civil Rights Leader Dies BET (blog) Oklahoma City African-American leaders have credited Luper's influence to have led to the desegregation of the city. "I had the opportunity when I met her in 1988 to see the scars on her legs where the police beat her and drug her to jail," Derrick ... See all stories on this topic » Seattle Supreme Court Overturns Case in Which Prosecutor Used Racist Remarks BET (blog) In an 8-1 ruling, the Supreme Court found that James Konat, a King County deputy prosecutor "made a blatant and inappropriate appeal to racial prejudice and undermined the credibility of African-American witnesses based on their race," in the 2007 ... See all stories on this topic »