Editing Tullahassee, Oklahoma (section)

=== Tullahassee Manual Labor School ===
The Tullahassee Manual Labor School, located in Tullahassee, Oklahoma was originally used as a Creek boarding school and became a school for [[Creek Freedmen]] to gain education beyond an elementary school level.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Zellar |first=Gary |date=2007-01-30 |title=Tullahassee Manual Labor School (1850-1924) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/tullahassee-manual-labor-school-1850-1924/ |access-date=2024-12-01 |language=en-US}}</ref> The institution was one of very few designated for Creek Freedmen and operated as such from 1883 to until it was sold to [[Wagoner County, Oklahoma|Waggoner County]] in 1914.<ref name=":0" />

Tullahassee Manual Labor School opened initially in 1850 as a school for Creek children, the school began operation in 1850 until a fire destroyed the building in 1880.<ref name=":0" /> The fire created an opportunity for the Creek children to be transferred to a different school, leaving the dilapidated building along with its 100 acres to be offered to the Creek Freedmen population in the area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tullahassee {{!}} The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=TU002 |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Oklahoma Historical Society {{!}} OHS |language=en-us}}</ref> Tullahassee Manual Labor School was reopened in 1883 primarily serving Creek Freedmen in Tullahassee. After Oklahoma gained statehood, it was owned by the government until 1914 when it was sold to Waggoner County and became Flipper Key Davis College, an institution primarily serving African Americans.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Freedmen Schools {{!}} The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=FR017 |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Oklahoma Historical Society {{!}} OHS |language=en-us}}</ref> As of today, Flipper Key Davis College is no longer in operation.