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The legend of Johnny Kaw was created in 1955 by George Filinger, a professor of horticulture at Kansas State University, to celebrate the centennial of Manhattan, Kansas. The stories were initially printed in the city newspaper, The Manhattan Mercury , during the centennial and later collected into a self-published book by Filinger, who created ...
Pages in category "People from Forrest City, Arkansas" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Forrest City Cemetery, also known as City Colored Cemetery and Purifoy Cemetery, [1] is a historic Black burial ground in Forrest City, Arkansas, United States. [2] It is thought that this burial ground was founded around c. 1880 , by members of the Spring Creek Baptist Church. [ 2 ]
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Forrest City is a city in St. Francis County, Arkansas, United States, and the county seat. [3] It was named for General Nathan Bedford Forrest , a notable Confederate war hero who later became the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan .
In May 1889, tensions began to arise in Forrest City, [2] the county seat. [3] At the time, the county school board consisted of five white Democrats and one black Republican, Americus M. Neely, a local black leader and editor of the Advocate, a Republican publication. However, two of the white Democrats terms had expired, with elections ...
May 9—The recent gathering at Rusk Municipal Court May 8 demonstrated Cherokee County's commitment to enacting meaningful reform in its justice system. Spearheaded by Judge Forrest Phifer, this ...
Johnny Hardwick, presiding judge of Montgomery County’s 15th Judicial Circuit, was allegedly assaulted and shot by his son, Khalfani A. Hardwick, 36, following a domestic dispute, according to ...