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

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

Dodge City by Christian Andersen

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