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  • Who Killed Stanny White?

    Who Killed Stanny White?

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    The authors at Postcard History write with a keen sense of purpose. They draw on their knowledge and along the way to publication they pluck at our senses for reactions. In this article, you may see the joyous achievements, hear the pistol-shot, smell the gun-powder, then wait for the gavel to fall. Stanford White, his…

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Bill Burton
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Cotton was king in the American South and west from before the Civil War into World War II. Picking cotton was backbreaking work for slaves and later tenant farmers and sharecroppers. So why did Blytheville, Arkansas hold a Cotton Picking Contest from 1941 until 1961?

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