Exhibit Spotlight: Edmond's African American History

Virtual Exhibit: Edmond's African American History: Land Run to Integration

Although numerous African American families homesteaded land near Edmond in 1889, Jim Crow laws were enacted in 1907. By 1910, only two African American families lived in Edmond. A little over a decade later, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) established a chapter in Edmond. Citizens began promoting the town as 100% white, and Edmondites began including racially restrictive covenants in housing addition plats and deeds. By the 1920s, no African American families would live in or own property in Edmond until the 1970s. View the exhibit here.