Edward Threate

Edward Threate appears in Peace fire: further US-Iran strikes as the family representative explaining the Threate Filling Station on Route 66 in Luther, Oklahoma. He says the station was a safe haven for Black travellers during Jim Crow, when they could not assume they would be served at ordinary gas stations, restaurants, or lodging stops.

His account turns the site into a family and community memory project. The episode says his family owned 160 acres there and still owns the land, and that the station’s restoration matters because descendants and the surrounding community can still recognize it as a refuge.

Connections

• Threate Filling Station - family site and source case.
• Black Travel Infrastructure - broader concept his account supports.
• The Green Book - adjacent travel-safety infrastructure.
• Route 66 and Route 66 Nostalgia Tourism - road-memory context.
• John Fasman - reporter for the segment.