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  2. In 1919, Corbin expelled all its Black residents. Here’s why ...

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  3. Dixon, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Dixon is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Webster County, Kentucky, United States. [2] The population was 933 at the 2020 census . Dixon is located at the junction of US 41A and KY 132.

  4. Corbin, Kentucky race riot of 1919 - Wikipedia

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    Corbin, Kentucky race riot of 1919 was a race riot in 1919 in which a white mob forced nearly all the town's 200 black residents onto a freight train out of town, and a sundown town policy until the late 20th century.

  5. The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan

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    Dixon, who had Scottish ancestry, drew upon the Scottish tradition of the Crann Tara, a burning cross used to call clan members to arms, as inspiration for the depiction of cross burning. [31] The Klan's white robes are also an invention of Dixon, and he protested their appropriation of the "livery" he created. [5]

  6. Justice Department launches first federal review of 1921 ...

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    The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a review and evaluation of the 1921 race massacre in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said. The massacre started on May 31 ...

  7. Lynching of Leonard Woods - Wikipedia

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    Leonard Woods was a 30-year-old Black miner who lived in Jenkins, Kentucky.Jenkins was a new company town in Letcher County, built to accommodate the workers of the Consolidation Coal Company, or Consol, which was opening mines on the Cumberland Plateau in Eastern Kentucky, and had managed to get the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to extend its line to serve its needs.

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  9. Webster County, Kentucky - Wikipedia

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    Webster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,017. [1] Its county seat is Dixon and its largest city is Providence. [2] It is the southernmost county in the Evansville, IN–KY Combined Statistical Area.