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Direct linkMcKanna, Clare V., Jr. – Great Plains Quarterly, 2003
The author examines interracial homicides in the early twentieth century in three Great Plains cities: Coffeyville, Kansas; Topeka, Kansas; and Omaha, Nebraska. Railroads attracted hundreds of young blacks searching for steady employment. Alcohol played an important role in violence levels as did the availability of cheap and handguns, and certain…
Descriptors: Violence, Homicide, African Americans, United States History
