African American I

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File: African American I

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Brochures

1985?. Newcomer/Visitor Guide to Oklahoma City: A Black Perspective. Oklahoma City: Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City.
2000. African-Americans in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation.
2014. Yesterday Today & Tomorrow: 29th Annual Black Heritage Celebration. Oklahoma City: Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

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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