Freddye Harper Williams
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Freddye Harper Williams (January 9, 1917 - 2001) was a newspaper columnist and state legislator in Oklahoma. She graduated as the valedictorian from Douglass High School.[1]
She was born in Bay Springs, Mississippi to Frederick G. Harper and Mittie Jo Harper. His family moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas and then Oklahoma City when he was a child.[1]
She married Calvin Williams. They had two sons and a daughter.[1]
She began her career as a newspaper columbist for the Black Dispatch and then worked for [[Tinker Air Force Base for some 30 years. She served on Oklahoma City's Board of Education and served five terms in the [[Oklahoma House of a Representatives. She was also involved in numerous civic organizations.[1]
She was inducted into the Oklahoma Afro-American Hall of Fame in 1985.[1]