Dr. Bob Blackburn | Race & Oklahoma History Part 2: B.C. Franklin & the Merging of Two African American Communities

United Voice Oklahoma Podcast

Dr. Bob Blackburn, Director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, joins Wayland & Cece for a special four parts series entitled “Race & Oklahoma History”. In this second episode, he shares a story titled “Crossroads of the Frontier: B.C. Franklin and the Merging of Two African American Communities." This story follows the journey of a pioneering African-American family’s journey through the tumultuous early days of Oklahoma. There’s so much in this episode, from all-black towns, perseverance after the Tulsa Race Massacre, and a historical family legacy that produced one of our nation’s most revered texts on the history of African-Americans.

If you want to dive deeper, here are some of the resources Dr. Blackburn mentions in this episode :

From Slavery to Freedom - by John Hope Franklin : https://www.amazon.com/Slavery-Freedom-History-African-Americans/dp/0072963786

John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation (Tulsa): https://www.jhfcenter.org/

The Oklahoma Historical Society: https://www.okhistory.org/

The Oklahoma History Center https://www.okhistory.org/historycenter/

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