Jared Price walks the county roads between Ada, heading north all the way to Boley, Oklahoma.
Discover how Boley, Oklahoma became a safe haven for Black travelers along Route 66 during segregation, offering a thriving community with restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels.
During segregation, Boley offered Black travelers a safe haven along Route 66, providing essential services and a thriving ...
The Boley rodeo is set to be highlighted with an upcoming event at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.
BOLEY, OK -- People living in one of Oklahoma's historic black towns are working to drum up support, awareness, and most of all, a plan to help improve the town. Oklahoma once had more than two dozen ...
The story was the same in most all the Black towns: The Great Depression and the de-throning of “King Cotton” caused their numbers and their prosperity to plummet. But Boley’s rise and fall seems even ...