Green 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.
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20 October 1842 Tennessee
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Died |
21 October 1918 (aged 76)
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Zodiac | Libra |
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