<span>The time period before the American Civil War is called the "antebellum" period, since in this case "ante" means "before" and "bellum" means "war". </span>
The small town of Guthrie hosts the Oklahoma celebration every year because it celebrates the birth of this town. On Aprill 22nd, 1889, Unassigned Lands in central Oklahoma were made available for non-Indians settlement and within a few hours thousands of founding citizens established Guthrie. A year later, the city was considered the capital of the Oklahoma territory and the people of Guthrie decided to commemorate such accomplishment annually.
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negro speaks of rivers and If we must die are poems written by
Langston Hughes and Claude Mckay respectively. Both of this express the hardships
and prejudices that African American experienced in the united
states. This poems reflect the racism and the pride of been an
african american.
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