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This workbook changed the Civil Rights Movement

Then came 1954. The SCLC undertook a massive Citizenship Workbook program designed to teach Black citizens how to become registered voters and a force in elections.

Shreveport was home to first black-owned oil company in the U S

Universal Oil, Gas and Mining Company was the first black-owned oil company in the United States. Its headquarters was located at 1051 ½ Texas Avenue in Shreveport. UOGMC got its start at the very beginning of the Great Depression, when the company had only $20 left in its entire treasury after paperwork was filed for the charter.

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