The lynching of Cleo Wright / Dominic J. Capeci, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Capeci, Dominic J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lynching--Missouri--Sikeston--History--20th century.

Lynching.

African Americans--Civil rights--Missouri--Sikeston--History--20th century.

African Americans.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Sikeston (Mo.)--Race relations.

Sikeston (Mo.).

Wright, Cleo, -1942.

Wright, Cleo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1998.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-263) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813156460

0813156467

9780813170015

081317001X

OCLC:

47011426