Separate, but Equal. How did Jim Crow Laws affect Oklahoma?

Jim Crow Laws Enacted

Jan 1, 1896

Jim Crow Laws

Separate, but equal. What was Oklahoma like through the 1960s?

Period: Jan 1, 1896 to Dec 31, 1960

Senate Bill Number 1

Dec 13, 1907

One of the first state laws on the books - No interracial marriages and No interracial schools. Uphold the separate, but equal clause of Plessy v Ferguson.

Oklahoma's first in the nation

Mar 28, 1915

Oklahoma becomes the first state in the nation to segregrate telephone booths.

Race Riots Everywhere

May 28, 1919

Riots Everywhere

Tulsa Race Riot

Jun 1, 1921

Personal Account Excerpt from The Burning

Background and Summary of Tulsa Race Riot

Jun 2, 1921

Summary of Tulsa Race Riots

Jim Crow Law for Parades

Apr 27, 1925

1925: Entertainment [City Ordinance]
Black bands were prohibited from marching with white bands in Oklahoma City parades. Also, white Golden Gloves boxers were prohibited from sparring against black boxers.

Oklahoma Segregation Law

Apr 10, 1935

Oklahoma Law - Blacks and Whites cannot be on the same boat together

Ada Lois Sipuel

Sep 5, 1946

Ada Lois Sipuel

Struggles of Clara Luper

May 30, 1956

Struggles of Clara Luper