OneHistory.org Black in the West

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The American West is not just a period of Anglo exploration and settlement. It is also not "cowboys and Indians." Like all of American history the story is much more complex and involves all the colors of the rainbow. There are great stories left to be told. They just have to be found and preserved.


World War I draftees, Courtesy Oklahoma Historical Society.

 

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