 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nemhaka yokufungira mano akaipa uye kubatwa zvisina kururama pasi porusaruraganda kwakanga kwakamuranisa Oklahoma kubvira muna 1910 nechikamu chamadzitateguru nemitemo yenyika yeJim Crow, mapoka anorwira kodzero dzevanhu akatanga kuita chiito muOklahoma kunyange pamberi penguva yokurwira kodzero dzevanhu yomuma 1960. VaAfrica vokuAmerica vakawana zviitiko zvakawanda zvechisimba chedzinza munyika yose uye muOklahoma zvikurukuru, kunyange pashure pokuwana rusununguko rwavo pashure pehondo yevagari vemo. Migumisiro yehondo yavagari vemo, kunyange zvazvo yakasunungura vaAfrica vokuAmerica muuranda, haina kudzivisa kusaenzana uye rusaruro urwo vanhu vatema vakasunungurwa vaifanira kutarisana narwo muAmerica. Oklahoma yakanga isiri chitsva kusaruramisira kwenyika yose nokuparadzaniswa kwaikonzerwa nechikamu chamadzitateguru uye gare gare, Mitemo yaJim Crow. Zvikurukuru, Rudzi rweTulsa Rwokuurayara1921, iro rakaona dzimba dzinopfuura 1.500 dzichipiswa kana kupambwa uye 35 vakafa. NAACP yakauya kuOklahoma muna 1913 nekugadzwa kwebazi reOklahoma City, ichigadzira nzvimbo dzinokurumidza kuwedzera dzevanhu vemuAfrica vekuAmerica kuratidza zvavanotenda uye kushanda kuti vawane rusununguko rwavo. Mapepanhau evatema akatsigira kudzivirirwa mune dzidzo, zviito zvemutemo zvinopesana nemitemo yaJim Crow, uye kuvaka nharaunda muOklahoma. Pamwe chete neizvi, mapoka mazhinji eVatema Vanoshingaira akaparadzira ruzivo rwavo kuburikidza nemapepanhau. Vapepeti vakakurumbira vemapepanhau aya vanosanganisira Roscoe Dunjee, uyo akaramba achirwira kodzero dzakaenzana zvakanaka munguva yekodzero dzevanhu dzinozivikanwa munyika yose, kusanganisira kurwira kubhadhara zvakaenzana mushure meWWII uye kutsigira Ada Louis Sipuel mu Sipuel v. Board of Regents yeYunivhesiti yeOklahoma nyaya 1948, nyaya iyo yakazobvumira vadzidzi vatema kuti vapinde muYunivhesiti yeOklahoma, kunyange zvazvo vakaparadzaniswa. 