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...
[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...
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 Bowl Refugee Bill...