Lynching & racial terror
The lynching of Laura and L. D. Nelson
25 May 1911Bridge over the North Canadian River near Okemah, OK
A mob took Laura Nelson and her teenage son from the Okfuskee County jail and hanged them from a bridge over the North Canadian River. A photograph of their bodies was sold as a postcard.
- People killed
- 2
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