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Website
New York Public Library

In Motion: African American Migration Experience: Western Migration: To Kansas

For Students 9th - 10th
From the extensive site about African-American migrations, this part of the site focuses on Exodusters and African-Americans who moved to Kansas after the Civil War. Read first-person accounts and see photographs of these hardy...
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Unit Plan
Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: African American Settlers

For Students 9th - 10th
This presents an overview of African Americans moving and settling in the West.
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Website
New York Public Library

In Motion: African American Migration Experience: Migration to Oklahoma

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of a larger site highlighting African-American migration, this site focuses on successful African-American settlements in Oklahoma Territory, which declined after Oklahoma statehood and the introduction of Jim Crow laws.
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Handout
Oklahoma State University

Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: All Black Towns

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the all-black towns that were settled in Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory in the mid-19th century.