Author: Ralph Ege
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Category : Hopewell (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Pioneers of Old Hopewell
Author: Ralph Ege
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Category : Hopewell (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Category : Hopewell (N.J.)
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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The Lynching of Cleo Wright
Author: Dominic J. CapeciJr.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813156467
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
On January 20, 1942, black oil mill worker Cleo Wright assaulted a white woman in her home and nearly killed the first police officer who tried to arrest him. An angry mob then hauled Wright out of jail and dragged him through the streets of Sikeston, Missouri, before burning him alive. Wright's death was, unfortunately, not unique in American history, but what his death meant in the larger context of life in the United States in the twentieth-century is an important and compelling story. After the lynching, the U.S. Justice Department was forced to become involved in civil rights concerns for the first time, provoking a national reaction to violence on the home front at a time when the country was battling for democracy in Europe. Dominic Capeci unravels the tragic story of Wright's life on several stages, showing how these acts of violence were indicative not only of racial tension but the clash of the traditional and the modern brought about by the war. Capeci draws from a wide range of archival sources and personal interviews with the participants and spectators to draw vivid portraits of Wright, his victims, law-enforcement officials, and members of the lynch mob. He places Wright in the larger context of southern racial violence and shows the significance of his death in local, state, and national history during the most important crisis of the twentieth-century.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813156467
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
On January 20, 1942, black oil mill worker Cleo Wright assaulted a white woman in her home and nearly killed the first police officer who tried to arrest him. An angry mob then hauled Wright out of jail and dragged him through the streets of Sikeston, Missouri, before burning him alive. Wright's death was, unfortunately, not unique in American history, but what his death meant in the larger context of life in the United States in the twentieth-century is an important and compelling story. After the lynching, the U.S. Justice Department was forced to become involved in civil rights concerns for the first time, provoking a national reaction to violence on the home front at a time when the country was battling for democracy in Europe. Dominic Capeci unravels the tragic story of Wright's life on several stages, showing how these acts of violence were indicative not only of racial tension but the clash of the traditional and the modern brought about by the war. Capeci draws from a wide range of archival sources and personal interviews with the participants and spectators to draw vivid portraits of Wright, his victims, law-enforcement officials, and members of the lynch mob. He places Wright in the larger context of southern racial violence and shows the significance of his death in local, state, and national history during the most important crisis of the twentieth-century.
Springs of Texas
Author: Gunnar M. Brune
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585441969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585441969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Human Adaptation in the Ozark and Ouachita Mountains
Author: George Sabo
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Legislative History and Souvenir of Connecticut
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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The Presbyterian Church in Iowa, 1837-1900
Author: Joseph Welton Hubbard
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Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Category : Church records and registers
Languages : en
Pages : 402
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Mortality Statistics of the Seventh Census of the United States, 1850
Author: United States. Census Office
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Category : Mortality
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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Category : Mortality
Languages : en
Pages : 308
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South African Place Names
Author: Charles Pettman
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Category : Names, Geographical
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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The Cyclopedia of the Colored Baptists of Alabama
Author: Charles Octavius Boothe
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Category : African American Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Category : African American Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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