The Bartlesville Westside Community Center is hosting a free two-day bus tour to educate Oklahomans about the history, struggles, and future of the state's historically all-Black towns.
But wagon wheel ruts aren’t the only reminder of that dream; they lead to the small, unincorporated community of Nicodemus, Kansas, the oldest, and last remaining, all Black town in the American ...
Many of these towns were victims of racial violence, economic challenges, and government policies that led to their decline or destruction.