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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 wins Governor’s Humanities Award for Distinguished Achievement in Literature (Non-Fiction)
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Tagged history of the Ozarks, Kimberly D. Harper, Missouri Governor's Award for Distinguished Achievement in Literature (Non-Fiction), Missouri Governor's Humanities Award, Missouri history, Missouri Ozarks, racism, racism in Missouri, Southern Ozarks, White Man's Heaven: The Lynching and Expulsion of Blacks in the Southern Ozarks 1894 - 1909
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WMH Featured On University of Arkansas History Website
The University of Arkansas’ History Department website recently heralded the publication of White Man’s Heaven. Here is the text of the announcement: “Kimberly Harper (MA 2007) began her work on racial violence and ethnic cleansing in the Ozarks in a … Continue reading
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Tagged Arkansas Ozarks, history of the Ozarks, Kimberly Harper, lynching in the Ozarks, Missouri Ozarks, Ozark history, Ozarks, race relations, race riots, racial violence, Southern Ozarks, University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas History Department, violence, White Man's Heaven
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