Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-1941, Part 1: The Oklahoma Federation for Constitutional Rights (open access)

Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-1941, Part 1: The Oklahoma Federation for Constitutional Rights

The first part of this two-part article examines citizen action in Oklahoma initiated in the fall of 1940 by the creation of the Oklahoma Federation of Constitutional Rights to preserve and defend freedom of speech, which later faced investigation by the legislature.
Date: Winter 2006
Creator: Wiegand, Wayne A. & Wiegand, Shirley A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
William Meredith Cunningham: An Oklahoma Proletariat Novelist (open access)

William Meredith Cunningham: An Oklahoma Proletariat Novelist

Article presents a biography of William Cunnigham and reveals the ways in which his novels, poetry, and other writings championed the industrial-agricultural working class of his native state of Oklahoma.
Date: Autumn 2008
Creator: O'Dell, Larry
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-41, Part 2: Oklahoma's Little Dies Committee (open access)

Sooner State Civil Liberties in Perilous Times, 1940-41, Part 2: Oklahoma's Little Dies Committee

The second part of this two-part article examines the government reaction in 1941 that led to the Oklahoma Senate Committee on Elections and Privileges' mandated investigation of alleged Communist activity in Oklahoma colleges and universities.
Date: Spring 2007
Creator: Wiegand, Wayne A. & Wiegand, Shirley A.
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History