The legendary Charles Barkley pointed this out back in 2006, although his words were a bit extreme. At the time, the Hall of ...

Mound Bayou was a town that came up several times in Ryan Coogler’s original film, Sinners. (There are no spoilers here.) ...

The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 was perhaps the worst incident of racial violence in American history. Our history is as ...

one of the remaining 13 All-Black towns of Oklahoma. W.M. Baccus held several positions in McIntosh County throughout his life. W.M. and his family purchased the home in 1920 and remained there ...

OKLAHOMA — The Oklahoma Historical Society (OHS) and State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) announced two Oklahoma properties were added to the National Register of Historic Places.

The building would later become associated with W.M. Baccus and the politics of Vernon, one of the remaining 13 All-Black towns in Oklahoma. W.M. Baccus was the local sheriff, county commissioner ...

I've been attacked on social media for saying that I was born in a racist state. Sadly, the truth is undeniable, and vestiges of hatred still exist ...

Edward McCabe, a lawyer and politician from New York, ventured to Oklahoma Territory in 1890, where he founded a town exclusively for black settlers called Langston, promising his brethren in the ...

“I would be the third African-American professor at the University of Oklahoma, and I would have an opportunity to teach. Ninety percent of my students would be non-black, and I therefore could ...

Fifteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to ...