by Dominic J . Capeci (Author)
After allegedly assaulting a white woman in her home, a black oil mill worker in Sikeston, Missouri, was burned alive by a furious mob, slightly more than a month after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Historian Dominic Capeci reveals the uniqueness and historical significance of this one event within the larger history of lynching in America.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 274
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 30 Jun 1998
ISBN 10: 0813120489
ISBN 13: 9780813120485