boley oklahoma (small black town, 1903-1930s)

[boogers]

i was reading about small towns out here and i came across Boley. theres not much there now, but in the early 1900s, a bunch of people said 'fukk this shyt' and started their own town. im still learning more about it, but ill drop some quotes

Boley is a town in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,091 at the 2020 Census.[6] Boley was incorporated in 1905 as a predominantly Black pioneer town with persons having Native American ancestry among its citizens.[7] Of the 50 identifiable Black towns established in Oklahoma between 1865 to 1920, Boley is one of only 13 still in existence.

We in the Creek Nation especially in and around Boley speak boastfully of our liberty, our opportunities, our prosperity and advancement, we are really free, we are truly prosperous . . . and are enjoying all the rights and privileges accorded every other American citizen in the broadest term. . . . COME AND SEE.
— O. H. Bradley, Boley Progress (March 23, 1905)

Booker T. Washington visited Boley in 1905, and was so impressed that he included Boley in his speeches; black-towns like Boley embodied "the path of advancement," as they provided opportunities for self-governance, moral upliftment, and the development of useful leadership and industrial skills.[24] However, he also worried that separation from whites, if carried to the extreme, would be detrimental to black communities in the long-run. George Washington Carver once called Boley "the most progressive black town in the U.S."[17]

Boley became notorious for its sundown town signage, subverting whites-only norms, for reading, "White man, don't let the sun set on you here."[25] The sign was removed by federal agents in 1924.[26]

there was a bank robbery by some of pretty boy floyds friends, who he warned not to fukk with the town. they did it anyway, and the people of the town stopped it. sadly the president of the bank died and it went under.. then the great depression happened. thankfully there were no riots, everyone just kinda left.

i was checking out the town on street view and theres not much going on. nobody out walking, except for one guy

Street View of Boley · Google Maps

Oklahoma 74829, USA

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pretty interesting history, i thought it could make a cool thread. apparently the population has doubled since 2020

 

[boogers]

the wiki page was a pretty wild read. the paranoid whites in the other town thought the people in boley were gonna attack them

i wonder what they talked about, sitting out there feeling stupid after nothing happened, but too paranoid and racist to go home

Boley, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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[High Art]

the wiki page was a pretty wild read. the paranoid whites in the other town thought the people in boley were gonna attack them

i wonder what they talked about, sitting out there feeling stupid after nothing happened, but too paranoid and racist to go home

Boley, Oklahoma - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I've never seen a creature who lives in eternal fear as whites do. shyt is mind-blowing. Their whole existence is based around fear or showing they're afraid. They're even constructed to show this too.