![Photo of The lynching of Laura and Lawrence Nelson on 25 May 1911 in Okemah, Oklahoma.](https://www.historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Lynching-of-Laura-Lawrence-Nelson-1911-Oklahoma-AMHP-Winter-23-e1667407735777.jpg)
Epidemic Violence. Outside Okema, Oklahoma, bystanders pose on May 25, 1911, for a souvenir photo with the corpses of lynching victims Lawrence and Laura Nelson. (Flhc2019/Alamy Stock Photo)
Flhc2019/Alamy Stock Photo
Epidemic Violence. Outside Okema, Oklahoma, bystanders pose on May 25, 1911, for a souvenir photo with the corpses of lynching victims Lawrence and Laura Nelson. (Flhc2019/Alamy Stock Photo)
Flhc2019/Alamy Stock Photo