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