Virtual program to discuss racism, segregation in Oklahoma history
The Daily Ardmoreite
The Johnston County Library and Murray State College will be hosting a virtual program Thursday night to discuss how racism and segregation influenced Oklahoma history during the 1920s.
The virtual Oklahoma Historical Presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. with Murray State College Professor and Social Science Chair Dr. Kirk Rodden leading the discussion.
Rodden, who also serves as the Chair of the Historic Preservation Board for the City of Ardmore, said he plans to discuss how Oklahoma was an integral part of the Ku Klux Klan’s resurgence in the 1920s. The Klan, he said, is known in Oklahoma for it’s violence and many Klan-related “firsts” that occurred in the state.
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