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White Man’s Heaven reviewed in the Journal of American History by Randy Finley
White Man’s Heaven explores the racial dynamics in the Ozark Mountains, circa 1900. The author studies Arkansas and Missouri villages (focusing on Springfield, Missouri, the largest community in the region) and contends that the lynching and expulsion of blacks in … Continue reading
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Tagged african-american history, black history, Georgia Perimeter College, History of Arkansas, History of Harrison Arkansas, history of Joplin Missouri, history of Missouri, history of Monett Missouri, history of Pierce City Missouri, history of Southwest Missouri, history of Springfield Missouri, history of the Missouri Ozarks, history of the Ozarks, Kimberly D. Harper, Oxford University Press, racial violence, Randy Finley, White Man's Heaven: The Lynching and Expulsion of Blacks in the Southern Ozarks 1894 - 1909
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White Man’s Heaven reviewed in Journal of Southern History by John Williams Graves
The following review first appeared in the February 2012 issue of the Journal of Southern History. It appears here with the express permission of the Journal of Southern History. Just four days after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Brown … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkansas Ozarks, history of Missouri, history of the Missouri Ozarks, John William Graves, Journal of Southern History, Kimberly D. Harper, lynching, Missouri history, Ozark history, racial violence, racism, Southern Ozarks, White Man's Heaven: The Lynching and Expulsion of Blacks in the Southern Ozarks 1894 - 1909
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