Black History Month: Jim Crow Laws In Oklahoma

In December of 1907, the Oklahoma Senate passed its first law: Senate Bill One. That law called for mandatory segregation between races in trains and train stations.

Monday, February 28th 2022, 4:58 pm

By: News On 6, Shannon Rousseau

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TULSA, Oklahoma -

In December of 1907, the Oklahoma Senate passed its first law: Senate Bill One.

That law called for mandatory segregation between races in trains and train stations.

it would be the first Jim Crow law passed in Oklahoma.

Doctor Erica Townsend Bell, Director of the Center for Africana Studies at OSU, joined News On 6 at 4 p.m. to talk about a symposium she's hosting on Jim Crow laws in Oklahoma.

Shannon Rousseau

Shannon Rousseau joined News On 6 in 2019 as an anchor and reporter. She comes to Oklahoma from KTTC in Rochester, Minn. where she spent three years as the weekend anchor, producer and reporter. During her time in the north, Shannon survived three winter