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The Lynching of Cleo Wright
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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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
2015.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
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