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The camp is significant in the history of California for the migration of people escaping the Dust Bowl. During the 1930s around 400,000 people without jobs migrated from their homes to find a better life in California. These migrants were known by the derogatory term of Okie and were the subject of discrimination from the local population. [5 ...
California Okie – Buck Owens (1976). Dear Okie – Doye O’Dell/Rudy Sooter (1948) – "Dear Okie, if you see Arkie, tell ’im Tex’s got a job for him out in Californy." Israelites & Okies-- The Lost Dogs (from the 2010 album Old Angel). [20] Lonesome Okie Goin’ Home – Merl Lindsay and the Oklahoma Night Riders (1947).
Column: 'Okie' was a California slur for white people. Why it still packs such an ugly punch. Gustavo Arellano. September 21, 2022 at 8:00 AM.
Edwards v. People of State of California, 314 U.S. 160 (1941), was a landmark [1] [2] United States Supreme Court case where a California law prohibiting the bringing of a non-resident "indigent person" into the state was struck down as unconstitutional.
Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel (December 22, 1918 – April 13, 2007) was a long-time resident of California's Central Valley.Wilma was one of thousands who emigrated from Oklahoma to California during the Dust Bowl years of the mid-1930s.
Gavin Newsom, the 40th and current governor of California. The governor of California is the head of government of California, whose responsibilities include making annual State of the State addresses to the California State Legislature, submitting the budget, and ensuring that state laws are enforced.
U.S. President Donald Trump signs documents as he issues executive orders and pardons for January 6 defendants in the Oval Office at the White House on Inauguration Day in Washington, U.S ...
Courken George Deukmejian Jr. (/ dj uː k ˈ m eɪ dʒ ən / [4] dyook-MAY-jən; June 6, 1928 – May 8, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991.