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Bass Reeves (1838–1910), first African-American U.S. Marshal and one of the chief law enforcement agents in early Oklahoma; Kevin Samuels (born 1966), Youtuber; Steven W. Taylor (born 1949), Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice, presided over Oklahoma City bombing suspect Terry Nichols's state murder trial; Cornel West (born 1953), scholar ...
Jacob Aldolphus Bryce (Delf A. 'Jelly' Bryce), was an Oklahoma City detective and FBI agent, who was an exceptional marksman and fast draw noted for his dress sense. [90] Paul and Thomas Braniff, Braniff Airlines co-founders; Cattle Annie, or Anna Emmaline McDoulet Roach, female bandit, lived in Oklahoma City from 1912 until her death in 1978
In one example, Republican Oklahoma Governor Dewey F. Bartlett launched a campaign in the 1960s to popularize Okie as a positive term for Oklahomans; [14] however, the Democrats used the campaign, and the fact that Bartlett was born in Ohio, as a political tool against him, [15] and further degraded the term for some time.
Rising country music hitmaker Jelly Roll kept his word to the late Toby Keith's family in his recent visit to the Oklahoma superstar's home-state charity. The OK Kids Korral is a cost-free home ...
The 2024 class of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductees include Anita Arnold, Drew Edmondson, Tim DuBois and Amber Valletta. These seven Oklahoman natives are set to receive the state's highest ...
Here are some of the most influential Black Oklahomans to learn about this month. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways ...
Harris was born Ladonna Vita Tabbytite, in Temple, Oklahoma, to Lilly Tabbytite and Donald Crawford, a non-Native; the couple separated shortly after her birth.She was raised traditionally by her maternal grandparents in a self-governing Indigenous community on a farm near the small town of Walters, Oklahoma. [5]
He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". [2] As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), [ 3 ] and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. [ 4 ]