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In reply to the discussion: state by state speak your mind about oklahoma [View all]DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)28. Speaking of interesting little towns...
Have you been to Boley?
"Boley was one of the wealthiest Negro towns in the US. It boasted the first nationally chartered bank owned by blacks, and its own electric company. Booker T. Washington visited Boley in 1905, and was so impressed that he included Boley in his speeches."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boley,_Oklahoma
We used to drive through it on the way to Muskogee to see relatives.
ETA: All Black Towns in Oklahoma
The All-Black towns of Oklahoma represent a unique chapter in American history. Nowhere else, neither in the Deep South nor in the Far West, did so many African American men and women come together to create, occupy, and govern their own communities. From 1865 to 1920 African Americans created more than fifty identifiable towns and settlements, some of short duration and some still existing at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/a/al009.html
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I spent time in the Oklahoma panhandle. My maternal grandfather was born there
functioning_cog
Jul 2013
#10
One of the most progressive Senators of the last 50 years represented Oklahoma. Fred Harris
Rowdyboy
Jul 2013
#13