Luther community restores Route 66’s only all-Black cemetery

Luther community restores Route 66’s only all-Black cemetery

LUTHER, Okla. – A cemetery in Luther, Oklahoma, is the only all-Black cemetery on all of Route 66, and it has graves dating back to the early 1800’s.

The Tillman Watson Cemetery was established in 1889 during a time of racial segregation…

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