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  2. Lynching of Wade Thomas - Wikipedia

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    It was "by far the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history and possibly the bloodiest racial conflict in the history of the United States." [1] On December 25, 1920, police raided a dice game. During the raid gun fire broke out and Patrolman Elmer Ragland was killed. [2] Thomas was later arrested at Hoxie, Arkansas and brought to ...

  3. Man killed in fiery crash identified as 25-year-old Athens ...

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    The man killed in a fiery crash in east Athens on Sunday has been identified as Melvin Wade Jr. from Athens. Athens-Clarke County Coroner Sonny Wilson said Thursday that Wade, who was 25, was ...

  4. List of unarmed African Americans killed by law enforcement ...

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    Melvin Guy: 23 Tallulah, Louisiana: Guy was shot in the back while fleeing on foot by an off-duty auxiliary officer. The officer was attempting to arrest Guy for escaping from jail. [126] December 7, 2000 Richard Holtz: 45 East Windsor, New Jersey

  5. Jonesboro, Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a city located on Crowley's Ridge in the northeastern corner of the U.S. State of Arkansas. Jonesboro is one of two county seats of Craighead County. In 2023, the city had an estimated population of 80,560, [4] making it the fifth-most populous city in Arkansas.

  6. Church War of Jonesboro - Wikipedia

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    Jonesboro at the time had a population of just over 10,000. By September 14, the troops were withdrawn. Two days later on September 16, a tear-gas bomb was dropped outside Jeffers’ tent. Tensions continued to grow when 21 of Jeffers’ followers were expelled from the First Baptist Church. On October 25, Jeffers’ revival tent was burned down.

  7. Wade Dump - Wikipedia

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    From about 1950 to the early 1970s, the 3 acres (1.2 ha) site [1] was the location of Eastern Rubber Reclaiming, a rubber recycling facility. The property owner, Melvin Wade, turned the site into an illegal industrial waste storage and disposal facility which operated until 1978. [2]

  8. Craighead County, Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    Craighead County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas.As of the 2020 census, the population was 111,231. [1] The county has two county seats — Jonesboro and Lake City. [2]

  9. List of people from Arkansas - Wikipedia

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    James D. Johnson (1924–2010), Arkansas Supreme Court Justice, segregationist leader; Robert W. Johnson (1814–1879), U.S. and Confederate States Senator; J. B. Judkins, Arkansas state senator, elected president of the state's senate in 1883; Allen Kerr (born 1956), former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for Pulaski County; L–M

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