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Podcast: cityCURRENT Radio Show
Episode: Radio Show: CJ Kirkland: new book "SELF MADE: Boley, Oklahoma"
Description: Host Jeremy C. Park talks with author and storyteller, CJ Kirkland, who highlights her new book, SELF MADE: Boley, Oklahoma, which is a collaborative effort with the nonprofit, Project 2020, focused on rebuilding and the revitalization of Boley, Oklahoma. Founded in 1903 on land gifted to its first settlers by Creek Freedwoman Abigail Barnett McCormick, Boley was the largest of more than fifty all-Black towns established in Oklahoma. Against overwhelming odds, it remains today one of only thirteen all-Black towns still existent in the state. Since its inception, this town of less than two square miles has been home to some...