Telling The Stories Of Oklahoma City’s All-Black Communities

As Oklahoma City grows and becomes a big-league city, it is at a cost, and for some, that cost is not just financial it is emotional. “Sandtown, West Town, South Town, and Walnut Grove,” said Shawntay Alexander with the Black Alumni Association. The four represent Oklahoma City’s all-black communities from the nineteen twenties. “My parents moved to Walnut Gove when I was around two or three years old,” said former Walnut Grove resident Mary Smith.

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