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Chuck Rusnak of Clifton stood in the middle of the Clifton Primitive Baptist Church, on all-original wooden floors laid in 1871 for an All-African American Church built on land donated by an ...

The same is true for Oklahoma, and many of these historical buildings are still standing today. Wheelock Church, built in 1842, is pictured in this undated photo by Alvin Rucker. The church was ...