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Posey County Historic Marker
Research on Racial Violence in Southwest Indiana
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Bigham, Darrel E., On Jordan's Banks: Emancipation and Its Aftermath in the Ohio River Valley
Campney, Brent M., Hostile Heartland: Racism Repression and Resistance in the Midwest
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Equal Justice Initiative, “Lynching in America-Report”
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Hellmich, Madeline Mae, "Systemic Anti-Black Violence in Indiana: A Digital Public History Wikipedia Project"
Indiana Historical Society, “Early Black Settlements by County”
Louwen James, “Sundown Towns”
Redwine, James M., “1878 Lynchings Pogrom”
Redwine, James M., Judge Lynch!
Primary Sources
“Four African Americans Lynched in Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana.” Black-and-white photographs. Robert Langmuir African American Photograph Collection, 1978. Box 15. Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
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Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1878
Paoli Weekly News, Volume 7, Number 5,Paoli, Orange County, 16 October 1878
Marshall County Republican, Volume 22, Number 44,Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 October 1878
Terre Haute Weekly Gazette,Terre Haute, Vigo County, 17 October 1878
Indianapolis News,Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 October 1878
Indianapolis News,Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 November 1878
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