Ce que disent les sources
- Quand
- 25 mai 1911
- Type
- Meurtre
- Tués
- 2
- Coordonnées
- 35.43° N, 96.41° W
- Description
- lynching in 1911, near Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States
Lynching of Laura and L. D. Nelson
African-American mother and son lynched in Oklahoma, U.S. (1911)
Laura and L. D. Nelson were an African-American mother and son who were lynched on May 25, 1911, near Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. They had been seized from their cells in the Okemah county jail the night before by a group of up to 40 white men, reportedly including Charley Guthrie, father of the folk singer Woody Guthrie. The Associated Press reported that Laura was raped. She and L. D.
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