OK SR29

Oklahoma Senate Resolution 29 recognizes February as Black History Month and marks the 100th anniversary of Black History celebrations in the United States (2026)

Acknowledges Oklahoma's legislative history from Senate Bill 1 requiring segregated facilities at statehood to Senate Concurrent Resolution 49 repudiating Jim Crow laws 100 years later

Honors the establishment of 50 all-Black towns in Oklahoma and Indian Territory, with 13 still existing today, highlighted through the Oklahoma Civil Rights Trail created by bipartisan legislation in 2023

Recognizes the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and the 1997 legislation championed by Representative Don Ross and Senator Maxine Horner that created a commission producing a 200-page official history

Celebrates contributions of notable Black Oklahomans including Hannah Diggs Atkins (first Black woman in Oklahoma House), J.C. Watts Jr. (first Black U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma), Clara Luper (civil rights leader), and John Hope Franklin (Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient)