Vibrant Black neighborhoods became the birthplace of artistic expression and new opportunities, like Deep Deuce in downtown Oklahoma City and Black Wall Street in Tulsa. The voices of Oklahoma legends like Ralph Ellison and Charlie Christian, Roscoe Dunjee and Clara Luper, rang out across the country from juke joints, street papers, school rooms and sit-ins, offering glimpses of the Black experience in the Heartland and inspiring generations to continue the work of coming home without a welcome.