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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Capeci, Dominic J., Jr
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wright, Cleo, > -1942.
Race relations.
Lynching.
African Americans > Civil rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Lynchage > Missouri > Sikeston > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains > Droits > Missouri > Sikeston > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Lynching > Missouri > Sikeston > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Missouri > Sikeston > History > 20th century.
United States.
Missouri > Sikeston.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States > Race relations.
Sikeston (Mo.) > Race relations.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9780813156460

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