Phebe Wright. February 21, 1907. -- Ordered to be Printed
Title | Phebe Wright. February 21, 1907. -- Ordered to be Printed PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2 |
Release | 1907 |
Genre | |
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The Lynching of Cleo Wright
Title | The Lynching of Cleo Wright PDF eBook |
Author | Dominic J. CapeciJr. |
Publisher | University Press of Kentucky |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2014-10-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0813156467 |
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 Doolittle Family in America
Title | The Doolittle Family in America PDF eBook |
Author | William Frederick Doolittle |
Publisher | Franklin Classics Trade Press |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 2018-11-09 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780344989230 |
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Reminiscenses
Title | Reminiscenses PDF eBook |
Author | Sylvester Barbour |
Publisher | |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | Canton (Conn. : Town) |
ISBN |
Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ...
Title | Catalogue of the Public Documents of the ... Congress and of All Departments of the Government of the United States for the Period from ... to ... PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Superintendent of Documents |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1868 |
Release | |
Genre | Government publications |
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Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England
Title | Sherman Genealogy Including Families of Essex, Suffolk and Norfolk, England PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Townsend Sherman |
Publisher | New York : T.A. Wright |
Pages | 592 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | England |
ISBN |
History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882
Title | History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Connecticut, 1703-1882 PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Orcutt |
Publisher | |
Pages | 988 |
Release | 1882 |
Genre | Bridgewater (Conn. : Town) |
ISBN |