Green Currin

Biography

Green I. Currin (October 20, 1842 or 1844 – October 21, 1918) was the first African American to serve in the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature that existed before statehood in 1907. He was the author of the Oklahoma Territory's first civil rights legislation, a proposal to penalize racial violence, that failed by one vote. Currin participated in the Land Run of 1889 and served as the Grand Master of the St.

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