Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 1981
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The Jim Thorpe Family: Part II (Article)
Article continues to explore the historical background of the Jim Thorpe Family after the article's first part in Volume 59, Number 1, Spring 1981. Along with further description of the Sac and Fox and Potawatomi settlement in Indian Territory, Grace Thorpe highlights the lives of individuals in the Thorpe family including Jim Thorpe himself.
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The Right to be Served: Oklahoma City's Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, 1958-1964 (Article)
Article describes the history of the campaign for equal treatment of blacks in Oklahoma City, beginning with the lunch counter sit-ins organized by the NAACP's Youth Council. Carl R. Graves catalogs the efforts of the NAACP and other organizations to end opposition to the desegregation laws passed years earlier.
The Right to be Served: Oklahoma City's Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, 1958-1964 - ark:/67531/metadc2031397
Stand Watie and the Killing of James Foreman (Article)
Article illustrates the events of May 14, 1942, when Stand Watie killed James Foreman after accusing him of killing his uncle. Richard Zellner explores how this act of violence was just a step in the growing friction between white frontier settlers and the Cherokee Indians who had been relocated there, friction that would eventually lead to large-scale conflict.
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No Time to Quibble: The Jones Conspiracy Trial of 1917 (Article)
Article examines the Jones Family trial that took place in 1917, when violent backlash to any kind of antiwar sentiment was common throughout the United States. The Jones Family was thought to be working with other draft dissenters who caused the Green Corn Rebellion, such as the Working Class Union (WCU).
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Notes and Documents, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 1981 (Article)
Notes and Documents section from Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 1981. It includes a biographical sketch about Ethel Mae Brindley, a woman who grew up in Oklahoma Territory and recalls memories of her life and the communities she became involved with.
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For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 1981 (Article)
For the Record section from Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 1981. It includes the minutes of the quarterly board meeting of the Board of Directors of the OHS that was held on January 29, 1981. It also includes a list honoring the donors who gave gifts to the OHS in the fourth quarter of 1980 and lists of new annual and new life members of the OHS from October 24 of 1980 to January 29 of 1981.
For the Record, Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 1981 - ark:/67531/metadc2031402
Creating an Atmosphere of Suppression, 1914-1917 (Article)
Article describes the atmosphere of suppression of civil liberties that occurred during World War I era in the United States, during which political figures targeted those they believed would cause unpatriotic dissent. Two people groups that were often targeted were those that were "German sympathizers" or "hyphenated Americans."
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Chronicles of Oklahoma, Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 1981, periodical, Summer 1981; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1752019/: accessed March 29, 2023), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.