North to the Promised Land: Black Migration to the Canadian Plains
Description:
Article describes the history and context of African-Americans migrating from Oklahoma to the Canadian Plains in the early 1900s. R. Bruce Shepard explores their motivations, which included political inequities in Oklahoma and the promise of farmland, as well as their reception by Canadian authorities.
Date:
Autumn 1988
Creator:
Shepard, R. Bruce
Partner:
Oklahoma Historical Society