The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project

NPS funded project on Black Homesteaders in Oklahoma dedicated to research, education, public programming, preservation of history and legacy. RT≠ endorsement.

[Homestead NHP @HomesteadNHP]

February is Black History Month!

Join us in celebrating Great Plains' Black homesteaders. Research estimates 3,500 African Americans homesteaded across the country, owning over 650,000 acres of prairie land.

More info: https://t.co/sFTyRHC8wG

📷: NM State University Archives

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

A great event today @okhistory celebrating the launch of the OKC Legacy Tour app now available on the Apple and Google Play Stores. The Oklahoma Black Living Legacy has created self-guided walking and driving tours of OKC designed to explore the city's rich Black history.

[The Oklahoman @TheOklahoman_]

Oklahoma Black Living Legacy will introduce a new mobile app that shines a spotlight on people and places integral to Oklahoma's Black history. https://t.co/JrdUn9YMb5

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

Some terrific upcoming events and great resources for learning more about Black Oklahoma here!

[Oklahoma Historical Society @okhistory]

Celebrate Black History Month with us! Browse free resources related to the Black experience in Oklahoma AND check out our upcoming events at https://t.co/IryCOnUUqz

(OHS photos) #SmithsonianBHM

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

Mark your calendars for this free event from @okhistory next week!

[Oklahoma Historical Society @okhistory]

One week from today! 📆 Join us & @OETAOK as we celebrate Black History Month with a special screening & panel discussion at the OK History Center. FREE to attend!
More info ➡ https://t.co/QHZNQybEXz

(OHS photo of two women in Boley, Oklahoma, 1918)

[African & African American Studies @AFAM_OU]

"We are the Roots" Free Event February 10th
Dr. Kalenda Eaton will facilitate the discussion after the screening.
https://t.co/KFmWobrKHg

[University of Oklahoma Research @OUResearch]

Robert Bailey, an associate professor of art history and assistant director of the School of Visual Arts in #OUFineArts, is working with Kalenda Eaton, Pete Froslie and Olivia Murphy at OU to explore the works and lives of Black artists with ties to Oklahoma.

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

Check out the great contributions in the new special issue from @UNLGPQJournal:"Revisiting Black Oklahoma," edited by Kalenda Eaton. https://t.co/bKbcI8HTr6 @okhistory @AFAM_OU

[Saving Places @SavingPlaces]

We’re proud to unveil a new documentary showcasing how the National Trust’s HOPE Crew & African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund are developing the next generation of preservation leaders at #HBCUs. Watch the full documentary here: https://t.co/hDLD0yW1Ea
#TellTheFullStory

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

The OK Black Homesteader project is excited about this scholarship!

[Historian, Professor, Author, Artist, & Playwright @TheAfroFrontier]

~#AfroFrontierism

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

Blackdom, N.M. was one of several homesteading sites in the American West. Recent work about the town is included in: https://t.co/BnE1z63ff4 @UnivNebPress

[Historian, Professor, Author, Artist, & Playwright @TheAfroFrontier]

#AfroFrontierism c.1903 | @thenewmexican

"The Blackdom Townsite: An Exclusive Negro Settlement to Be Located In Southern Part of Chaves County

A town and settlement exclusively for negroes is being organized in the southern part of Chaves County, within the artesian belt..."

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

Oklahomans to march on Washington, urging Farm Bill investment into Black farmers, food security https://t.co/B7f4F7gHGw

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

'What every Black farmer is going through': Man fights for family legacy https://t.co/SnmXczuppE

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

John B. & Annie Collins Key were #OKBlackHomesteaders near Luther. John was from AL, Annie from TN. They moved to Canada, then OK in 1891. He was a grocer, Pres. of J. B. Key Oil & Gas Co. and Mid West Life Ins. Co. Brothers Hiram & Sherman also migrated to OK. #BlackMigration

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

Victoria Celestine, an #OKBlackHomesteader, had an alias, likely reflecting her deceased husband’s enslaved name (John Peters). He changed it after the Civil War. Name change sources include the CW Pension Index, homestead case files, and land lawsuit notices. #FreedomToName

[AfricanAmericanMidwest.com @AFAM_Midwest]

The Exoduster movement, as it was slowed in Kansas, pivoted to Oklahoma. Ida B Wells promoted it. Has anyone done a history connecting the 2 movements? @HomesteadNHP @kbfa_kansas

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

I'm pleased to share that "'We Are Now the Owners of the Land': Black Homesteading and the Rise of Political Participation in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, 1889–1907," by Dr. Kalenda Eaton and Dr. Heidi Dodson is available in the latest issue of @GPR_Journal. #BlackRuralPolitics

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https://t.co/J9ACyNGctw | Oklahoma Historical Society to host All-Black Towns State Conference Aug. 12

[The Oklahoma Black Homesteader Project @oklabhp]

Victoria Celestine was an #OKBlackHomesteader near Luther. She & other families, incl. widow Phoebe Magloire/McGlory fled Avoyelles Parish, LA in 1892 after Gabriel Magloire was lynched. They brought a church bell from LA & started St. Luke Baptist. It was vandalized in 1909.

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Historic symbol of Black self-sufficiency in Colorado still inspires https://t.co/ENPcq6a9HL via @NewslineCO