CCFAnow

Choctaw Chickasaw Freedmen Association

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/U67vWIZrez

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/he9F9v4YRH

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Black in Indian Territory - The Ligon - Freeman Family told by Terry Ligon
Learn more about this history by visiting our website https://t.co/LreJsQ3q5P
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Do you know Freedmen History? Learn how to research your ancestors! https://t.co/m23gape91v

[Angela Y.Walton-Raji @AYWalton]

Freedmen Denied Due to Policies on Race: https://t.co/OAHYzpyIf3 @IndianCommittee @choctawnationOK @estelusti @CCFAnow

[Oklahoma Historical Society @okhistory]

Our staff from the Oklahoma State Historic Preservation Office are sharing some great information with guests at the All-Black Towns State Conference!

[Angela Y.Walton-Raji @AYWalton]

@choctawnationOK @ChickasawNation @MuscogeeNation Note:
Freedmen never imposed themselves upon you. They were BORN there! So how can you continue things as they are? We are PART OF YOU!

[Athena Butler @AthenaButler_]

@estelusti @choctawnationOK @ChickasawNation @IndianCommittee @CCFAnow @AYWalton Right now in Corporate America, there is an #ESG movement against business that engage with companies that have profited from slave labor. This is relevant today, because 4/5 tribes continue to discriminate against the Black Native Freedmen population.

[Angela Y.Walton-Raji @AYWalton]

Sovereignty is important but should NEVER become a security blanket to hide race based policies.
Wrong is Wrong. @choctawnationOK @ChickasawNation @@MuscogeeNation @SeminoleNation_
@IndianCommittee

[Angela Y.Walton-Raji @AYWalton]

The called them the "darky tents" Racist all the way. Yet they use this as their BASE roll and say this is not about Race" @choctawnationOK @IndianCommittee

[Angela Y.Walton-Raji @AYWalton]

@estelusti @ChickasawNation @IndianCommittee And then spent the rest of the 19th century, providing no rations, no assistance, no education for these poor souls.

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[Angela Y.Walton-Raji @AYWalton]

A complicated history:
https://t.co/PJ47gKfx8y @choctawnationOK @ChickasawNation @okhistory #genealogy

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Choctaw Freedmen pen an OPEN LETTER TO CHIEF BATTON: https://t.co/CTppYJeimz

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/YyLrRfuSMo

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Saga of Rebecca Williams, Choctaw Freedwoman: https://t.co/Xc1l2iLW57
@choctawnationOK @ChickasawNation @okhistory #genealogy

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Before the 1950 census is released in April, here is a look at an earlier rare record of Freedmen: https://t.co/bEwHGDPiuW @choctawnationOK @okhistory

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The Long Struggle continues:
https://t.co/A1UJzDzsUe @choctawnationOK

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@Nunaaaa_B Would love to know more about your ancestors. Does the family have stories about these ancestors?

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@Nunaaaa_B We are so glad to be able help you find your ancestors!