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Laura and L. D. Nelson were an African-American mother and son who were lynched on May 25, 1911, near Okemah, Okfuskee County, Oklahoma. [1] [2] 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 ...
After a Black boy reportedly found Laura Nelson’s and L.D. Nelson’s hanging corpses at the bridge the next morning, hundreds of white people from Okemah came to view the bodies. Some even posed on the bridge to have their photos taken with the bodies of the dead Black woman and boy.
Jan 28, 2023 · Laura and L.D. Nelson were a mother and son who were dragged from a jail and lynched in Oklahoma, on May 25, 1911. Austin Nelson married Laura in 1896, and their son, Lawrence, was born the following year. The Nelson family lived on a farm near Paden, Oklahoma, a largely white town.
Apr 24, 2018 · In May 1911, Laura Nelson was lynched in Okemah, Oklahoma. Nelson allegedly shot a sheriff to protect her son. The officer had been searching her cabin for stolen goods as part of a...
Jul 22, 2021 · OKEMAH — The tragic story of Laura Nelson and her teenage son, L.D., took center stage last week at Okemah’s Crystal Theatre, a mere block from where they were grabbed by a white mob from the...
Oct 25, 2022 · The day: May 24, 1911. The place: a bridge near Okemah, Oklahoma. A howling, violent, angry mob of about 40 white men stormed the jail cell holding Laura Nelson and her two-year-old daughter,...
There are several accounts and versions of the events leading up to this atrocity. But what we do know, is that Laura Nelson was murdered on May 25, 1911 in Okemah, OK side-by-side with her son L.D./Lawrence, who was 12 years-old at the time.
