Lynching of Laura Nelson, L.D. Nelson in Oklahoma In 1911, an Oklahoma mob lynched Laura Nelson, 35, and her 13-year-old son Lawrence over the Old Schoolton Bridge at Yarbrough’s Crossing west of Okemah. Images of the tragedy were taken and later, brazenly sold as postcards. James Allen,...
[KOSU Commentary] This commentary is about public funding for the arts. It aired on KOSU in 2012. One of the first songs I ever learned was This Land Is Your Land. My father taught it to me. His mother, Bethel, my grandma, was part of Woody Guthrie’s family tree. She was his first cousin....
I’m a roamin’ Oklahoman, but I’m always close to home And I’ll never get homesick ’til I die No matter where I’m found, my home is all around My Oklahoma home is in the sky –From Bill and Agnes Cunningham’s My Oklahoma Home In 1965, Oklahoma Dust...
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