Bibliograph

Acres of aspiration, the all-Black towns in Oklahoma, Hannibal B. Johnson ; foreword by Michael Eric Dyson ; cover art by Clay Portis

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Acres of aspiration, the all-Black towns in Oklahoma, Hannibal B. Johnson ; foreword by Michael Eric Dyson ; cover art by Clay Portis

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-251) and index

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illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Acres of aspiration

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

49225418

Responsibility statement

Hannibal B. Johnson ; foreword by Michael Eric Dyson ; cover art by Clay Portis

Sub title

the all-Black towns in Oklahoma

Table Of Contents

The push for an all-black state -- The status of pre-emancipation blacks -- The first wave: "the great Negro exodus to Kansas" -- Oklahoma: the early migration -- Edward P. McCabe: Father of the all-black town movement -- Pioneer in the promised land -- The politics of race -- All-black towns in Oklahoma -- Major all-black towns in Oklahoma -- Other all-black towns in Oklahoma -- Tulsa's Greenwood district: an all-black town within a town -- The future of the all-black towns -- Conclusion -- Appendices: 1. All-black "ghost towns' in Oklahoma -- 2. Lesser-known all-black towns in Oklahoma

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