Pioneer settlers

Sure, it's hot. But things were a lot worse 151 years ago. Not only was there no air conditioning, but in 1874, Kansas was under attack - from giant swarms of grasshoppers. The swarms were so large they blocked out the sun.

Author Caleb Gayle is coming to Tulsa and Oklahoma City with his new book, Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State. He spoke with KOSU's Matthew Viriyapah about Edward McCabe and his quest to make Oklahoma a Black state.

Suppose you were plucked from wherever you are now and plopped into a foreign country where you were told you are perfectly free. You are allowed to say…