Oklahoma
Industrial Institute for the Deaf, Blind and Orphans of the Negro Race, Department of the Blind (Taft)
- Established 1909
- Date of integration unknown*
The Oklahoma Industrial Institute for the Deaf, Blind and Orphans of the Negro Race was established in 1909, about the same time as the state established a similar school for white children. It was located in Taft, ten miles away from the white school; the two schools were administered separately. Taft was the most successful of several all-black communities established by African-Americans in Oklahoma. Several other state social institutes for African-Americans were located there, including the correctional institutes for men and women, a training school for Negro Girls, and the State Hospital for the Negro Insane.
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