African-American History Month: The All-Black Towns of 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.

All Black Towns in Oklahoma

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=AL009

https://www.hannibalbjohnson.com/the-all-black-towns-in-oklahoma/

Black Townships in Oklahoma - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEHTBjbnJgI&feature=youtu.be

Relationships of African Americans and Creeks in Oklahoma

https://teachers.yale.edu/curriculum/viewer/initiative_16.01.06_u

Native Americans adopted slavery from white settlers

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/native-americans-adopted-slavery-white-settlers-181225180750948.html

Red Bird, OK

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entryname=RED%20BIRD

Oklahoma Association of Negro Teachers

https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=OK017

Oklahoma African American Educators Hall of Fame, Inc.

https://oaaehof.org/

Grand Challenge: Understanding the American Experience

ERC Grand Challenges: For project design, for inquiry, for activism