Before the State of Oklahoma became part of the Union in 1907, the Western Negro Press Association requested of President Roosevelt that he not admit the state into the Union until Oklahoma agreed not to pass Jim Crow laws. President Roosevelt ignored this request.
Oklahoma was the first state to segregate telephone booths.
[Source: The Black West By: William Katz]
“Never let even a friendly wolf into your chicken coop; sooner or later it will get hungry.” -Aldo Gucci
“Between 1890 and 1910, 32 self-governing African American towns sprouted in Oaklahoma.” -From, “The Black West” By: William Katz
“Politics is war without bloodshed. War is politics with bloodshed.” -Huey Newton
“Two men in a burning house must not stop to argue.” -Ashanti Proverb
