The Lynching of Cleo Wright.

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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'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Capeci, Dominic J., Jr
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Temas:
Wright, Cleo, > -1942.
1900-1999
African Americans > Civil rights > Missouri > Sikeston > History > 20th century.
Lynching > Missouri > Sikeston > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Droits > Missouri > Sikeston > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Lynchage > Missouri > Sikeston > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Lynching.
Race relations.
Sikeston (Mo.) > Race relations.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
Missouri > Sikeston.
United States.
History.
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (292 pages)
ISBN:9780813156460
0813156467

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