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Cleo Wright, born Ricelor Cleodas Watson on June 16, 1916, [2] was an African-American man from Pine Bluff, Arkansas who was employed in Sikeston's booming cotton economy. . Wright briefly joined the Navy, but left dissatisfied in 1936 after missing a family funeral [3] and experiencing disrespect from white superiors
Sikeston was the site of the first lynching to occur in the United States since the onset of World War II. In the early hours of Sunday, January 25, 1942, a Black man named Cleo Wright was arrested on charges of allegedly assaulting a white woman. Upon resisting arrest, Wright was shot several times by a city night marshal.
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Hundreds of mourners from throughout the U.S. lined streets, placed flowers and offered their thoughts on the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter on Saturday. Funeral services for Carter ...
300,000 (State funeral) [12] Funeral of Sholem Aleichem: May 13, 1916 United States: New York City: at least 250,000 [13] Funerals of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht: June 13, 1919 Weimar Republic: Berlin: 200,000 [14] Funeral of Michael Collins: August 28, 1922 Ireland: Dublin: 500,000 [15] Funeral of Rudolph Valentino: August 30, 1926 ...
Here is a list of the 15 states set to host new Target locations, according to the store's website. Target did not specify when the stores would be opening when asked by USA TODAY.
Taylor Ardrey is a news reporter for USA TODAY. You can reach her at tardrey@gannett.com. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 6 injured after shooting at Webster Parish, Louisiana ...
Scott died on July 23, 2020, at her home in Los Angeles from lung cancer. Her husband of 63 years, actor Gene Lesser, had died on June 23 of the same year. [ 7 ]