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« More Niall Ferguson | Main | Being digital » Wednesday, September 27, 2006An Oklahoma findAn article in American Heritage calls attention to a remarkable historical find in a field where documentation can be hard to come by: pre-World War II African-American life. An Oklahoma historian has found twenty-nine cans of silent film documenting some vibrant and successful black communities in Oklahoma in the 1920s, just after the Tulsa riots. Excerpts from the film -- showing a parade of Packard cars, a graduation ceremony, school children at play, etc. -- are linked in the article. Posted by Evan Hughes at 02:22 PM
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