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African American I

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File: African American I

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Brochures


Clippings

  • "111 Years Old: Harrrah Negro, a Former Slave, Was Past Boyhood in Civil War." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), August 27, 1944.
  • Dunjee, Roscoe. "Negroes Pioneered in Many Fields." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), April 23, 1939.
  • Goddard, Mary. "Former Langston Strike Leader Still Fighting for Rights Cause." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), January 25, 1965.
  • Hawks, Josephine. "It's Our World, Too!" Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), August 30, 1942.
  • Herrod, Gwendolyn. "Achievements of Negroes Surprise City Students of History." Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City), January 5, 1966.
  • Hill, Gilbert. "Negroes Who Once Worked Land Poor Now Win Prizes." Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City), June 12, 1946.
  • "Langston School Move to City Fair Park Asked." Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City), January 12, 1949.
  • "Luther's Negro Fair Reveals Good Progress." Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City), September 21, 1945.
  • "McAlester Bars Drop Peacefully." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), July 7, 1963.
  • "Negro Drive Spreads to Enid." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), August 27, 1958.
  • "Negro Fliers Finish Class." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), July 20, 1947.
  • "Negroes Get Own First Reader." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), June 26, 1938.
  • Patrick, Imogene. "Council Is Formed to Co-ordinate Negro Group Action in Oklahoma Affairs." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), December 24, 1954.
  • Sarchet, Mark. "Elk City Modernizes Addition for Negroes." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), November 14, 1949.
  • "Skirvin Is 'Open,' Mayor Wilkes Informed." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), June 2, 1963.
  • "Supreme Court Orders State to Provide Negro with Equal Legal Education Immediately." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), January 12, 1948.
  • "Tattered Negro Boy Is Now Race Leader." Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City), September 13, 1925.
  • Nelson, Mary Jo. "Top Negro Scholars Credit Success to Home, Schools." Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City), January 22, 1965.
     

Government Documents

  • Colored Farm Owners Increased and Tenants Decreased in the South, 1930 to 1935. Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census, 1936.

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