Episode 2: The Rise of Greenwood
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The Biggest Game of Graft in the State of Oklahoma
J. Smitherman saw the guardianship laws as just another scheme by the state to give white people ther resources and legal cover to seize black and native land. He took up renty's case and uncovered more than three thousand other cases in the region, amounting to over 100 million dollars stolen from native children. This is blind spot tolsa, burning am calalia a. Renty was about to lose his wealth, his land, and, worse, his family. But he had a devoted advocate who would go on to be a powerful force in the flourishing of greenwood: j smitherman.
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