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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Catalog of Printed Books. Supplement
Author: Bancroft Library
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Mr. Justice Brandeis
Author: Felix Frankfurter
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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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.
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia
Author: United States. Bureau of Prisons
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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History of Lee County, Illinois
Author: Frank Everett Stevens
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Category : Lee County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Category : Lee County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Senate and House Journals
Author: Kansas. Legislature. Senate
Publisher:
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Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 784
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Publisher:
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Category : Kansas
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Striptease
Author: Rachel Shteir
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195300769
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
This first complete history of a century of striptease is filled with rare photographs and period illustrations.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195300769
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
This first complete history of a century of striptease is filled with rare photographs and period illustrations.
History of Linn County Iowa
Author: Luther Albertus Brewer
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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Publisher:
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 774
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Senate Joint Resolutions
Author: Ohio. General Assembly. Senate
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Publisher:
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Category : Legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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