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Oklahoma state has had a long history of racial discrimination and segregation. When the whites were unable to completely rid their communities of African Americans, they segregated the remaining ones. The first territorial legislature allowed counties to choose between mixed or segregated schools and almost all of the counties chose segregated schools. The Separate but equal doctrine gave permission to whites who wanted to legally segregate African Americans. In 1897, Oklahoma territorial legislature banned the practice of racial mixing in schools. There was ban on interracial marriage. Many public places and facilities were segregated. From hospitals to housing to restaurants and cemeteries. In 1915, Oklahoma became the first to segregate telephone pay booths. The whites used economic pressure and violence preserve Oklahoma's Jim crow system.
