Laura Nelson was lynched on May 23, 1911 In Okemah, Okluskee, - TopicsExpress



          

Laura Nelson was lynched on May 23, 1911 In Okemah, Okluskee, Oklahoma. Her fifteen year old son was also lynched at the same time. Authorities accused her of killing a deputy sheriff who supposedly stumbled on some stolen goods in her house. Why they lynched her child is a mystery. The mob raped and dragged Nelson six miles to the Canadian River and hanged her from a bridge.(NAACP: One Hundred Years of Lynching in the US)
Posted on: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 14:35:53 +0000

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