Founder of Oklahoma's Langston Sought All-Black State
The Langston Taft and Boley towns founded by Black Oklahomans after the Civil War struggle to survive amid fading populations and dwindling industry. Warmer notes show welfare reliance and attempts to revive towns with outside help from television figures such as Redd Foxx Sammy Davis Jr. and Flip Wilson. Foxx promised a Taft pool as part of ongoing outreach.
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Oklahoma
Langston
Oklahoma and
Indian Territories
Langston, Boley and
Tafthome
Taft
Boley
Redd Foxx
Sammy Davis Jr
Flip Wilson
Davis
Wilson
Foxx
Cabby Shot in Downtown Los Angeles
Nicholas Miele, 35, told police a blunt instrument struck him but doctors at California Hospital found a close range gunshot wound to the head. He lost $30, fractured skull, and was listed in satisfactory condition after transfer to Harbor General Hospital in Torrance.
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Los Angeles
Nicholas Miele
California Hospital
Miele
Harbor General Hospital
Torrance
Revival Hints for Oklahoma Negro Towns Amid Decline
The piece traces Langston Boley and Taft as former thriving Black towns in Oklahoma facing population loss after 1900s prosperity. It notes McCabe’s Langston promotion, Black migration back, and recent returnees like Alen and Henryetta Hicks who left Los Angeles for Boley, commuting to Oklahoma City for work.
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E.P. McCabe
Langston
Oklahoma City
John Mercer Langston
Virginia
Virginia State College
America
Boley
Taft
Muskogee
Bill Ray Phillips
State School For Children
Langston University
Boby
Shawnee
McCabe
Troy
N.Y
Reconstruction
Kansas
California
Alfred Charles Sam
Oklahoma
Africa
Gold Coast
Ghana
Viola Jones
Alen Hicks
Henryetta
Los Angeles
Hicks
Capitol Records
Steve Miller
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Lawton Constitution
E. P. McCabe
Langston, Okio
Bill Johnson
Associated Press
Soul City
N.C
Langston and
Langston City
McCormicks
J.L. McCormick
McCormick
Fort Smith & Western Railway
Creek Freedman
W.H. Boley
Cials
Langston Housing Authority
Cache Road Square
Cole
Magnavox
Sears
Sears and
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