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The desired norm for Oklahomans became a high school education, leading to a college experience. In the 1950s and into the 1960s school consolidations increasingly abandoned the old-fashioned "common school" buildings in favor of union schools with a high school, and attrition continued through the next decades.
From teachers managing one-room schoolhouses during territorial times to the expansion of educational opportunities for Oklahomans of all racial and economic backgrounds during the twentieth century, Oklahoma’s education system became more inclusive, accessible, and accountable over the course of history.
- Slavery, Freedmen, and Southeast Oklahoma
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The first black slaves began to arrive in what would become Oklahoma long before the American Civil War. They arrived during the push for westward migration. As the wild frontier began to dwindle, many white cotton farmers began to seek land in the American Southeast, primarily within the Mississippi River Valley. This was already the home of many ...
Following the Civil War, things settled down somewhat. However, the practice of indentured servitude continued. The U.S. federal government forced the Native Americans to abolish slavery. They were then required to grant the former black slaves citizenship. While this helped, most of the “freedmen” were still poor and highly untrained. Because of t...
In Poteau, the white settlement was centered on Broadway, between College and Flener streets. The largest black population worked for a Native American by the name of Benjamin H. Harper. At the time, the area where the current downtown district is was a large cotton plantation. After the railroads moved in, Mr. Harper sold his land for a small fort...
Although the information contained here came from a variety of sources, most comes from The Birth of Poteau, Poteau Public School Archives, Interviews with residents, Dr. Montgomery, and early written interviews and accounts. This content is accurate and true to the best of the author’s knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and indivi...
Pat Burroughson June 03, 2020: Doctor Montgomery was our vet from the start, before I ever married. My husband and I always took our pets to him after we married. He was one of the finest people I have ever known and I considered him a friend till the day he died. Poteau was so blest to have him and his family living there. Marlea Evanson May 15, 2...
Jan 15, 2010 · In Oklahoma the enormous number of Indians, the perceived need for their quick assimilation, and an impatient American population anxious to gain access to Indian lands combined to make Indian schools a crucial component in federal Indian policy.
Apr 10, 2016 · 1. These female students take a moment to pose for a school picture in their uniforms at Sequoyah Orphans Training School near Tahlequah. Taken in 1920. okhistory/facebook. 2. Located on the "outskirts of town" at 4th and Boston, Tulsa High School opened in 1906.
Born and raised in Oklahoma, Hinton was still in high school when she wrote a book about a confrontation between rival groups of teenagers. The Outsiders (1967) won several awards and was made into a film.
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Sep 24, 2024 · The collection includes school records, primarily annual censuses, of pupils who attended schools in Oklahoma counties between 1895 and 1936. The Woodward County records were indexed by the Northwest Oklahoma Genealogical Society.
