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Represented the escape from the oppressive deep south, an opportunity to prosper economically. >> the time will soon come when we will be able to dictate the policy of this territory or state. when that time comes, we will have a negro state governed by negroes. we do not wish to antagonize the whites. they're necessary in the development of a new country. they owe my race homes and my race owes to itself the governmental control of those homes. >> land meant rebirth. it meant renewal. land meant survival. there were 40 other black townships around. >> oklahoma. the whole state. not just tulsa...

Lot of people coming out of slavery, wanting to escape lynchings, and wanting to just raise their families in a loving community. >> freedmen had all this land with mineral rights that ultimately made them wealthy. >> we put ourselves in oklahoma in 1906. a city called tulsa. tulsa boomed after the discovery of oil. tulsa became the world capital of the world.

There were 40 other black townships around. >> oklahoma. the whole state. not just tulsa. the whole state was becoming the dreamland. >> it was the promise land for a lot of people coming out of slavery, wanting to escape lynchings, and wanting to just raise their families in a loving community. >> freedmen had all this land with mineral rights that ultimately made them wealthy. >> we put ourselves in oklahoma in 1906. a city called tulsa.