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1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations, map |
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Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Maps and Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Sikeston; 2 Bloodshed; 3 Law and Order; 4 Autopsy; 5 Burial; 6 The Blantons; 7 From Missouri; 8 Postmortem; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-263) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Wright, Cleo, -1942.
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Wright, Cleo, -1942 fast |
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Wright, Cleo. swd |
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- Missouri -- Sikeston -- History -- 20th century
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Lynching -- Missouri -- Sikeston -- History -- 20th century
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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Lynching
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Race relations
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Lynchjustiz
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Sikeston (Mo.) -- Race relations
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United States -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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Missouri -- Sikeston
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
081317001X |
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9780813170015 |
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