Robin Walker Quote
Ralph Ellison said that: many of the descendents of freed slaves ... considered it a territory of hope, and a place where they could create their own opportunities ... [F]or Negroes it had a traditional association with freedom which had entered their folklore. Moreover, Oklahoma lacked the intensities of custom, tradition and manners which ‘colored’ the institutions of the Old South. In
Robin Walker
Ralph Ellison said that: many of the descendents of freed slaves ... considered it a territory of hope, and a place where they could create their own opportunities ... [F]or Negroes it had a traditional association with freedom which had entered their folklore. Moreover, Oklahoma lacked the intensities of custom, tradition and manners which ‘colored’ the institutions of the Old South. In