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1929 North Platte black exodus... Nebraska...
1929 North Platte black exodus... Nebraska...
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July 14, 1929
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 14, 1929
* North Platte, Nebraska
* Racial exodus - riot
* Negroes - blacks
* Murder & racism
Page 20 has a one column heading: "Negroes Flee Town Before Before Mob's Threats" with subheads. (see images)
Complete 1st section only with 22 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally very nice.
wikipedia notes: On July 13, 1929, the town of North Platte, Nebraska, experienced a racial exodus (or race riot), when all black residents—somewhere between a few dozen and 200 in number—were ordered to leave by the town's white residents, following the killing of a policeman by a black man. Louis Seeman shot and killed Ed Green after he had been asked to leave the town, and crowds quickly formed, demanding that all black residents vacate. Seeman died in his hiding spot (a chicken coop), either due to suicide or a lynching, and members of the mob were acquitted of any wrongdoing.
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