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Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
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Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery
Author: Callaway County, Mo., Pleasant Grove Cemetery
Author: Gary BrentlingerCallaway County, Mo., High Point Cemetery
Author: Gary BrentlingerSouth Carolina Baptists, 1670-1805
Author: Leah TownsendPublisher: 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.
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
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Caves of Missouri
Author: J. Harlen BretzPublisher: J. Missouri
ISBN: 9780988668508
Category : Caves
Languages : en
Pages : 582
Book Description
In this reprint of a classic piece of cave literature, the famed geologist, J Harlen Bretz, gives a detailed account of the formation and history of Missouri caves. Caves of Missouri contains over 450 surveyed caves, with in-depth geological and cultural histories, and 168 illustrations, including cross sections, maps, and photographs. This book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in Missouri's natural and cultural history.
Historic McLennan County
Author: Sharon BrackenPublisher: HPN Books
ISBN: 1935377221
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145
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Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia
Author: William MeadePublisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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History of Maries County
Author: Everett Marshall KingPublisher:
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Category : Maries County (Mo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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