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In 2020, the Supreme Court Ruled That 3.25 Million Acres of Eastern Oklahoma Never Stopped Being a Reservation. A Million Oklahomans Found Out They Live There.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that 3.25 million acres of eastern Oklahoma never legally stopped being a reservation, no matter how long the state had treated it otherwise. Roughly a million Oklahomans, including 400,000 in Tulsa, found out overnight they'd been living on a federally recognized reservation the whole time.
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Alabama Sent Three Black Men to Congress in the 1870s. Then None for 116 Years. It Took Until 2024 to Come Back Around.
Alabama sent three Black men to Congress in the 1870s, then none for 116 years after its 1901 constitution was rewritten explicitly to "e...
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