In late 2006, the producers of MLS’ weekly television program “Read About It” decided that for the duration of Oklahoma’s centennial year they wanted to add a segment to the show that celebrated the famous and not-so-famous people and events that have made our history unique. They teamed Oklahoma Room librarian Larry Johnson as their writer with former Governor George Nigh as spokeman. “Oklahoma Moments” debuted on the program in January, 2007. Here are the Moments for you to enjoy.
Alfalfa Bill
Alfalfa Bill by G. Hines
Alfalfa Bill Murray by KL Bryant Jr.
Apollo 10
Desination Moon by JB Irvin
The Epic Journey to the Moon, Smithsonian
We Have Capture TP Stafford
Bertha Teague
“Shattering the Glass ” by P Grundy
“Venus to the Hoop" S Corbett
Jim Thorpe
"Jim Thorpe's Bright Path" by Joseph Bruchac
"All America: The Rise and Fall of Jim Thorpe" by Bill Crawford
Kate Barnard
"Kate Barnard Oklahoma's Good Angel" by Bob Burke
"One Woman's Political Journey" by Lynn Musselwhite
Lon Chaney
“Famous Monster Movie Art of Basil Gogos” B Gogos
“A Thousand Faces” M F Blake
Martin Luther King
“King A Biography” D L Lewis
“The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.” M L King
Maybe Baby: Buddy Holly
"Buddy Holly Golden Anniversary Songbook"
"Rave On" by Philip Norman
Michael Shadid
“A Doctor for the People” M Shadid
“Crusading Doctor” M Shadid
Sequoyah
"Sequoyah: Leader of the Cherokees" by Alice Marriott
"Sequoyah: The Cherokee Genius" by Stan Hoig
Stand Waite
"Between Two Fires" by Lawrence M. Hauptman
"Confederate Indians" by Frank Cunningham
Troy Ruttman
The Indy 500 by M. Stewart (video under construction)
Waynoka
“The Oklahoma Aviation Story" K Tolman, et al.
Will Rogers
"Will Rogers Centennial Year Celebration" by Reba N. Collins
"Will Rogers: A Photo-biography" by Bryan B. Sterling "American Original: A Life of Will Rogers" by Ray Robinson
All Black Towns
"Acres of Aspiration" by Hannibal B. Johnson
"The Blacks in Oklahoma" by Jimmie Lewis Franklin
Henry Starr
“Belle Starr & the Wild West” C J Naden
“Belle Starr & Her Times” S Glenn
Jerrie Cobb
“Jerrie Cobb: Solo Pilot” by J Cobb
"Woman into Space” by J Cobb
John Aaron
“For All Mankind” by H Hurt III
“Apollo: The Race to the Moon” by C Murray & C B Cox
Kenneth Taylor
“At Dawn We Slept” by G W Prange
“Air Raid: Pearl Harbor” ed. P Stilwell
Marion Harper
“Marion Harper” by R Johnston
“Truth Well Told” S Alter
Mary Ross "Beyond the Horizons, The Lockheed Story" by WJ Boyne "John Ross Cherokee Chief" by GE Moutton
Meal Tickets: Oklahoma Baseball
"Glory Days of Summer A History of Baseball in Oklahoma" by Bob Burke
"Baseball" by Geoffrey C. Ward & Ken Burns
Sanora Babb "The Grapes of Wrath" by J Steinbeck
"Whose Names Are Unknown" by S Babb
Sherman Billingsly
“America’s Most Famous Nightspots & the Lost World of Café Society” R Blumenthal “Empire City: New York Through the Centuries” K T Jackson & D S Dunbar
Teddy Roosevelt In camp with Theodore Roosevelt by JR Abernathy
William Daugherty
“In the Shadow of the Ayatollah” by W Daugherty
“Executive Secrets” by W Daugherty
Woody Guthrie
"Seeds of Man an Experience Lived and Dreamed" by Woody Guthrie
"Woody Guthrie: A Life" by Joe Klein
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