They are all part of the mosaic of history ... I first realized there were 13 Black towns about the same time much of Oklahoma, and the nation, was recognizing that 100 years earlier a prosperous ...

What is now present-day Oklahoma had more historic all-Black towns than any other location in the U.S. Now, mayors from the towns still in existence are coming together for a first-of-its-kind ...

The Bartlesville Westside Community Center is working to raise awareness about Oklahoma's remaining historically all-Black towns and is offering a special two-day tour to educate Oklahomans about ...

These freedmen helped to create at least 50 all-Black towns in Oklahoma. Cymone Davis is the former town manager of Oklahoma's oldest historically Black town, Tullahassee. She says freedmen's ...

More than 50 all-Black towns once existed in Oklahoma, but only 13 still exist. Now, the Oklahoma Center For The Humanities is telling the towns' stories through a new exhibit at the Henry Zarrow ...

The town was officially incorporated in 1905 as one of 50 “All Black Towns” in Oklahoma. It was advertised for former slaves to find a home. "For safety, for freedom, for justice, the right to ...