The Mayors of Oklahoma's Last All-Black Towns
The Mayors of Oklahoma’s Last All-Black Towns Intelligencer 4 days ago Camille Squires In 1984, Dr. Francis Shelton moved back to Boley, the Oklahoma town where she grew up. She had gotten her degree in another town and worked for years as a biochemist in Oklahoma City; upon returning to Boley, she noticed how many buildings had fallen into disrepair, how commerce had declined. “Our elders were so interested in training us on how to make a living that they didn’t teach us how to make that living here,” says Shelton. She decided to purchase the hardware store, both fo...
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