• Boley, Oklahoma: A Black Town In The American West (featuring Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tiffany Cross, and OlaRonke Akinmowo)

  • Oct 3 2023
  • Length: 34 mins
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Boley, Oklahoma: A Black Town In The American West (featuring Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Tiffany Cross, and OlaRonke Akinmowo)

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  • Have you heard about Boley, Oklahoma - the town that wished a motherfucker would? Boley was a thriving, black town founded by Abigail McCormick who had inherited the land where Boley was founded from her grandfather, a Creek Freedmen. This episode tells the story of how, in 1932, the entire town came together when a gang of white men decided to rob the bank because they thought it’d be easy. But they were in for a big surprise. Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media This episode features: Malcolm-Jamal Warner  T.R. Ringe Sheila Thompkins  Tiffany Cross Rashieda   OlaRonke Akinmowo Special thanks to our voice actors: Ruby Jean   Andrea O’Brien Vives Groupchat 1   Jason Vives Groupchat 2   Timil Jones Movie Trailer Voice Guy Homero Radway Robber 2 CC Patterson Geo Wyex Robber 1 George  Roderick Morrow McCormick   Homero Radway Booker T Washington Rodrick Morrow DJ    Carvell Wallace Mainline Operator  Blu Radway Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola Senior Producer Janicia Francis Managing Producer JoAnn DeLuna Production Coordinator Homero Radway Production Assistant Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson Writers Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence Audio Engineer Toni Paulsen Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas Music Supervisor  Patricia Kihoro Theme Song  Freedom by Pharell Williams Music featured in this episode include: RnB Vibes by Grigoriy Nuzhny At The Cross by Joyspring The Magnetic Buzz by Spaghetti Dual Cash Out by Nbhd Nick Life of a Cowboy by Mac Taboel Standoff by Nylonia Rogue by Cody Martin The News Tonight by Shimmer Like N Subscribe by Work Brunch Civil War Song- Battle Cry of Freedom  Tumbleweeds by Desert Dive Dodge City by Christian Andersen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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