Ron Graham - Tackling the struggles of the Freedmen of Oklahoma - Events

Feb 23, 2010 from 11:00am to 1:00pm CST
Location: Langston University Urban Center
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Langston, OK - The Melvin B. Tolson Black Heritage Center at Langston University will present a special program on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:00 a.m., tackling the struggles of the Freedmen of Oklahoma.The program will be hosted by Freedmen Historian and LU graduate, Ron Graham, and will deal with the difficulties faced by former slaves in the years directly following the enactment of the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Specifically, Graham will discuss the volatile climate that still exists between the descendants of Indian nations that provided asylum to many Freedmen at the turn of the century, and the descendents of Freedmen who disagree with the decision by some Indian nations to remove the names of the Freedmen from tribal rolls.Graham, himself a descendant of a Freedman of the Muskogee (Creek) Indian Nation, will detail the history and current status of claims to tribal citizenship by African Americans.Born and raised in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Graham attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and Langston University. He serves as President of the Muscogee Creek Freedmen, 2nd Vice President of the NAACP, Okmulgee Chapter, and was formerly Vice President of the Descendents of Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes Association. In October 2009, Graham was chosen to make a presentation at the Oklahoma Historical Society's Indian Archives 75th Anniversary.To learn more about The Decendants of the 5-Civilized Tribes, go to: http://freedmen5tribes.com/

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