#deep deuce

A view looking northeast toward the State Capitol from the top of the Santa Fe parking garage at Robert S Kerr and E K Gaylord in downtown Oklahoma City, taken on  January 18, 2010. In the foreground is the neighborhood known as Deep Deuce, formerly the Harrison-Maywood neighborhood, a redlined area of segregated Oklahoma City that Africa-American residents were forced to retreat to after sundown. In the nine and a half years since this photo was taken, the neighborhood has become an upscale residential area, filled with multi-storied condos and apartment buildings.

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"Patton's race is the subject of minor debate. Though he was considered African-American, because of his light complexion there have been rumors that he was Mexican, or possibly a full-blood Cherokee, a theory endorsed by Howlin' Wolf. In actuality, Patton was a mix of white, black, and Cherokee (one of his grandmothers was a full-blooded Cherokee). Patton himself sang in "Down the Dirt Road Blues" of having gone to "the Nation" and "the Territo'"—meaning the Cherokee Nation portion of the Indian Territory (which became part of the state of Oklahoma in 1907), where a number of Black Indians tried unsuccessfully to claim a place on the tribal rolls and thereby obtain land." (Source: Wikipedia)

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