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Okie. An Okie is a person identified with the state of Oklahoma, or their descendants. This connection may be residential, historical or cultural. For most Okies, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being Oklahoman.
Jan 15, 2010 · Although Oklahomans left for other states, they made the greatest impact on California and Arizona, where the term "Okie" denoted any poverty-stricken migrant from the Southwest (Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas).
According to this map by the US Department of Agriculture, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas were hit harder and longer by the ecological consequences of the 1930s Dust Bowl. Yet farmers forced to leave their homes and move elsewhere are popularly known as "Okies" (from "Oklahoma"). Why?
Okies: a term for those who migrated from the American Southwest (primarily from Oklahoma) to California. Used with disparaging intent, the term was perceived as insulting, implying the worker was ignorant, poor, and uneducated. Okie Migration: the mass exodus of primarily farming families during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression era.
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The OKIE program brought national and international attention to the Sooner State. Honorary Okie designations went to Pres. Richard M. Nixon, Prince Charles of Great Britain, and actor Andy Griffith. Oklahoma astronaut Thomas P. Stafford took OKIE pins on his Apollo mission.
Sep 30, 2020 · With extended kin communities in Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, North Georgia, Arkansas, Southern Missouri, and Oklahoma, these people regularly dispersed into Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and elsewhere to supply bodies and numbers for the back-breaking labour of crop-picking.
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Jul 29, 2021 · Once the Okies gave the okay, says Damon, “they gave us unbelievable access.” In a local Oklahoma interview, Baker disclosed more about Damon’s tour—including that he took Damon to...
