The legend of Wyatt Outlaw : from Reconstruction through Black Lives Matter /

"Wyatt Outlaw's story was one of Black success: He was a Union League leader, business owner, and the first Black town constable and commissioner in Graham, a small town located in North Carolina's Alamance County. But in 1870, Outlaw was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan, setting off a dr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Allen, Sylvester, Jr (Author), Boggs, Belle (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2025]
Subjects:	Outlaw, Wyatt, > -1870 Lynching > North Carolina > Alamance County > History > 19th century. White supremacy movements > North Carolina > Alamance County > History > 19th century. African Americans > North Carolina > Alamance County > History > 19th century. Alamance County (N.C.) > Race relations. HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Welcome to Alamance County, North Carolina
Home. Small Towns and What Matters ; Testimony ; Privilege ; Stories We Heard
Family Legacies. Cousins ; Passed Down ; Heart of Downtown
Outrages, Outlaws, and Accountability. Searching for Hidden Truths ; Outlaws ; Accountability ; A Protester's Story ; Beware You Guilty, Both White and Black ; Nothing but a Political Feeling ; The War against the Klan ; Government ; Of Angels and Demons
Reckoning and Responsibility. Joseph R. Holmes and What's Possible ; Spreading the Word ; Countenance ; It Take a Long Pull to Get There ; The Spirit of Wyatt Outlaw: What We Owe the Living