They Fought for Votes: The White Politician and the Black Editor

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Article explores the struggle for black representation in politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the conflict between white Republican congressional delegate Bird Segle McGuire and black newspaper editor Stephen Douglass Russell, Sr.

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Williams, Nudie E. Spring 1986.

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Article explores the struggle for black representation in politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the conflict between white Republican congressional delegate Bird Segle McGuire and black newspaper editor Stephen Douglass Russell, Sr.

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18 p. : ill.

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Abstract: Political equality for blacks in Oklahoma was a hotly debated issue at the turn of the century. Using the writings and oratory of two remarkable adversaries -a white Republican politician and a black newspaper editor- Nudie Williams recreates one battle in the struggle for political survival.

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  • Chronicles of Oklahoma, 64(1), Oklahoma Historical Society, 1986, pp. 18-35

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  • Publication Title: Chronicles of Oklahoma
  • Volume: 64
  • Issue: 1
  • Page Start: 18
  • Page End: 35

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Williams, Nudie E. They Fought for Votes: The White Politician and the Black Editor, article, Spring 1986; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2031522/: accessed June 23, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.

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