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The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw: From Reconstruction Through Black Lives Matter
By Allen Jr., Sylvester & Belle Boggs
- ISBN
- 9781469689999
- Publisher
- Univ. of North Carolina
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Starred Review on November 1, 2025 | Social Sciences
Allen and Boggs (English, North Carolina State Univ.; The Art of Writing) excel as powerful and engaging storytellers in this book uncovering the largely forgotten story of Wyatt Outlaw, a Black Union League leader and the first Black town constable in Graham, NC. His murder by the KKK in 1870 set off a wave of more lynching and suppression of Black political power. Allen, who grew up in Graham without knowing Outla...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
