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Ethnic group in Oklahoma
Ethnic group
African Americans in Oklahoma
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African Americans in Oklahoma
or
Black Oklahomans
are residents of the state of
Oklahoma
who are of African American ancestry.
African Americans
have a rich history in Oklahoma.
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An estimated 7.8% of Oklahomans are Black.
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African-Americans first settled in Oklahoma during the
Trail of Tears
. While many of these people were enslaved Africans, around 500 chose to do so in order to escape slavery.
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Racism against Blacks has been common throughout the state's history, manifesting itself in scenarios such as the
Tulsa race massacre
, which targeted members of Tulsa's affluent African-American
Greenwood District
.
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History
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Black slaves came with their Native American slave owners across the Trail of Tears to their new territorial home in Oklahoma.
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All-black towns
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Entirely black towns and neighborhoods were historically common in Oklahoma, and thirteen still exist.
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This is a list of all remaining African American towns in Oklahoma:
Black newspapers
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A list of historically black-owned/edited newspapers, serving primarily black communities, established in Oklahoma.
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- Clearview Tribune
- Creek Baptist Herald
- Lawton Community Guide
- The Baptist Informer
- The Beacon
- The Black Dispatch
- The Boley Informer
- The Boley News
- The Bookertree Searchlight
- The Chickasaw Rival
- The Clarksville Echo
- The Clearview Patriarch
- The Langston City Herald
- The Lawton Oklahoma Eagle
- The Lima Observer
- The Lincoln Tribune
- The Muskogee Cimeter
- The Muskogee Lantern
- The New Community Guide
- The Oklahoma Dispatch
- The Oklahoma Eagle
- The Oklahoma Guide
- The Oklahoma Safeguard
- The Oklahoma Tribune
- The Paden Press
- The Paden Times
- The Patriarch
- The Peoples Elevator
- The Taborian Monitor
- The Tulsa Star
- The Wagoner Echo
- The Weekly Progress
- The Western World
- The Wewoka and Lima Courier
- The Wichita Observer
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