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Languages : en
Pages : 388
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The Simpson Clan
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Languages : en
Pages : 388
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Languages : en
Pages : 388
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A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri
Author: William Smith Bryan
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Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Category : Missouri
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Genealogical Periodical Annual Index
Author: Ellen Stanley Rogers
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky
Author: Lewis Collins
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Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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Category : Kentucky
Languages : en
Pages : 890
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Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine
Author: Daughters of the American Revolution
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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The Researcher
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Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Languages : en
Pages : 450
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The Church Herald
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Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Languages : en
Pages : 268
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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
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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
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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.
Confederate Veteran
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 608
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History of Callaway County, Missouri
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ISBN: 9780832839078
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Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Pages : 954
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