Author: Leah Townsend
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806306211
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Baptist Churches of South Carolina and list of Baptists.
South Carolina Baptists, 1670-1805
Author: Leah Townsend
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806306211
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Baptist Churches of South Carolina and list of Baptists.
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Com
ISBN: 0806306211
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Baptist Churches of South Carolina and list of Baptists.
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.
The Heritage of Chambers County, Alabama
Author: Chambers County Heritage Book Committee (Chambers County, Ala.)
Publisher: Heritage Publishing Consultants
ISBN: 9781891647338
Category : Chambers County (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Publisher: Heritage Publishing Consultants
ISBN: 9781891647338
Category : Chambers County (Ala.)
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Caves of Missouri
Author: J. Harlen Bretz
Publisher:
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Category : Caves
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Caves
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia
Author: William Meade
Publisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Historic McLennan County
Author: Sharon Bracken
Publisher: HPN Books
ISBN: 1935377221
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Publisher: HPN Books
ISBN: 1935377221
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
History of Maries County
Author: Everett Marshall King
Publisher:
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Category : Maries County (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maries County (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
The Valley of the Mississippi Illustrated
Author: Henry Lewis
Publisher: St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
Publisher: St. Paul : Minnesota Historical Society
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
A History of the Baptists in Missouri
Author: Robert Samuel Duncan
Publisher:
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Ready for the Summons
Author: Joseph Metcalfe WHITE
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description