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OR A "WAR ON BLACKS"?
DARE TO KNOW the truth about the origin of the Anti-Medical Marihuana Laws
Were Oklahoma’s anti-Medical Marihuana laws racist in origin? The answer seems to be YES.
And while there is much room for debate, what is 100 percent certain is exactly who was being arrested (aka targeted) under the new laws; -- BLACKS AND MEXICANS. Need proof, -- As per the archives of “The Oklahoman” (a major newspaper) below is a short (but complete) listing of ALL Oklahomans arrested (1930-1940) for violating the newly passed marihuana laws. NOTE the ethnicity of the names of those arrested. Also note that no guesses are being taken when the word [Negro] appears after the name of the arrested person – the newspaper article made mention of the fact.
Note: To the best of our knowledge, ALL arrests (made within Oklahoma), as noted in "The Oklahoman", have been cataloged.
AS PER THE NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES OF “THE OKLAHOMAN”:
| DATE: | NAME: |
|---|---|
| Dec. 13, 1931 p.11 | Alfred Torres |
| Jan. 15, 1933 p.20 |
Maria Flores Atilano Deanda Frank Reyes J.B. Coleman O. Pirea Leo Mathews Charles Garcia |
| Feb. 08, 1933 p.6 |
Louise Fowler John Fareles |
| March 04, 1933 p.7 |
Raymond Orto Eliaro Orto |
| May 06, 1933 p.1 | J.E. Duran |
| July 09, 1933 p.10 | Oren Lewis |
| Aug. 06, 1933 p.30 | Jesse E. Duran |
| Aug. 17, 1933 p.8 | Will Smith [Negro] |
| Dec. 29, 1933 p.2 | Earl Lovelace |
| Jan. 08, 1934 p.11 |
John A. Butler J. E. White |
| July 14, 1934 p.5 |
John Fraclas Medardo Varismendez |
| Jan. 04, 1935 p.15 |
Rita LaZano Ramon Rivera John Ortega |
| Jan. 08, 1935 p.19 | Johnnie Lopez |
| Jan. 19, 1935 p.4 |
Raymon Rivera [freed on a writ of habeas corpus] |
| March 06, 1935 p.18 |
Joe Romera Ramon Martinez |
| May 09, 1935 p.24 | Ira E. Hubartt |
| June 15, 1935 p.3 | Homer Gregg |
| Oct. 23, 1935 p.1 | Clara Underwood |
| July 19, 1936 p.24 | J.H. Noel |
| Nov. 12, 1936 p.1 | Joe Franke |
| Dec. 06, 1936 p.31 | Rito Lozano |
| Dec. 06, 1936 p.31 | Jose Franco |
| March 12, 1937 p.12 | Louise Lawson [Negro] |
| April 30, 1937 p.4 |
Jack Lucero George Wade [Negro] |
| May 04, 1937 p.18 | L.B. Sepeda [Mexican] |
| June 23, 1937 p.4 | Ray Johnoson [Negro] |
| Aug. 10, 1937 p.18 |
Joe Lopez Bonnie Antlope |
| Oct. 24, 1937 p.28 | Rito Lozana |
| Nov. 07, 1937 p.20 |
Eugene H. willis Tom M. Epperson |
| Dec. 22, 1937 p.17 | Martir Rmairez |
| March 02, 1938 p.18 | Pete Gonzales |
| April 20, 1938 p.18 |
Lonzo Lundy [Negro] Charles Thomas [Negro] |
| May 24, 1938 p.12 | Robert [otah] Hall |
| June 10, 1938 p.1 | [no name given - Mexicans ID] |
| June 11, 1938 p.3 |
Joe Adams Luis Perez |
| Sept. 27, 1938 p.15 | [no name given Negros'] |
| Oct. 06, 1938 p.15 | [no name given Tulsa Negros'] |
| Nov. 20, 1938 p.32 |
Leroy Grayson [Negro] Leonard Grayson [Negro] Moses Williams [Negro] |
| Nov. 25, 1938 p.13 | Bud Grady Hunt [white guy] |
| Dec. 06, 1938 p.1 | Olice Mitchell [Negro] |
| Dec. 23, 1938 p.18 | Floyd Bill Fox |
| July 06, 1939 p.15 | Eugene V. Beals |
| March 26, 1940 | Charles Black [Negro] |
| March 30, 1940 p.7 | Francisco Manuel Rodriguez |
| Mexican sounding | 29 |
| White people sounding | 18 |
| Black (as mentioned) | 11 |
Again, whether this was intended as a racist law or not is debatable, but judging from those last names, it sure sounds like racism to most of us.
NOTES:
Obviously, some spelling errors (regarding the names) either originally by the paper or by the transcriber have been made. Also Rito Lozana (who was one of Harry Anslinger’s Gore File cases) is counted 3 times as he was arrested 3 times.
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