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The Forest City Lynching of 1900: Populism, Racism, and White Supremacy in Rutherford County, North Carolina (Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies, 10)
The Forest City Lynching of 1900 Populism Racism and White Supremacy in Rutherford County North Carolina - Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies, 10 Author:J. Timothy Cole Politics in Rutherford County were heated a century ago: the developing textile industry, the growing population, an agricultural crisis, and race relations inflamed everyone. Mills Higgins Flack, a leader of the Farmers Alliance and the countys first Populist in the state House, was allegedly murdered on August 28, 1900, by Avery Mi... more »lls, an African American. This book documents the murder and the lynching of Avery Mills. The author (Flacks great-great-grandson) considers the phenomena of racial lynching, the Populist movement in the county, the white supremacy movement of the states Democratic party, and the countys KKK activities.« less