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SUMMARY:Everyday Oklahoma: Fascinating Stories about Familiar Places\, "All-Black Towns in Oklahoma"
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nThis first installment of SHPO’s 2024 Speaker Series\, “Everyday Oklahoma: Fascinating Stories about Familiar Places\,” will explore the topic of All-Black Towns in Oklahoma. The featured speakers are Gina Sofola\, AICP\, president and owner of Sofola & Associates\,  and Kory Van Hemert\, architectural historian for Stantec. \n\n\n\n\n\nThe free webinar will occur online on Thursday\, February 8\, at 2 p.m.\, Central Time\, lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes.\n\n\nRegister for this webinar.\n\n\nOklahoma had more than 50 identifiable All-Black towns between the end of the Civil War and 1920\, with five established before 1880. Today only 13 of them still exist\, and a 14th town\, IXL\, was incorporated in 2001. African Americans created these communities in an effort to attain security and prosperity during the Jim Crow era. Collectively\, they have had a significant impact on Oklahoma’s history and culture. Kory Van Hemert will speak about ongoing efforts to document historic resources associated with All-Black towns. Gina Sofola will discuss her collaboration with the All-Black town of Tullahassee to restore the National Register-listed A. J. Mason Building\, seen as a centerpiece of the town’s broader revitalization efforts. \nKory Van Hemert and Gina Sofola \n\n\nAbe Lincoln Trading Company\, Okfuskee County \n\n
URL:https://www.okhistory.org/calendar/event/everyday-oklahoma-fascinating-stories-about-familiar-places-all-black-towns-in-oklahoma/
LOCATION:Virtual\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,Virtual
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