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New Book Reveals Brutal History of Lynching in Arkansas

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courtesy: University of Arkansas Press
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Race violence expert Guy Lancaster, who serves as editor of the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, has edited a new a collection of essays titled, “Bullets and Fire: Lynching and Authority in Arkansas 1840 to 1950." The book is published by the University of Arkansas Press.

The work builds on Lancaster's previous monograph, "Racial Cleansing in Arkansas: Politics, Land, Labor, and Criminality." A book signing with the author will take place at Fayetteville Public Library Feb. 4 at 2 p.m.. All royalties from sales will be donated to the Arkansas Historical Association to endow a scholarship in the name of the late C. Calvin Smith, a professor of history at Arkansas State University and the first African American faculty member hired by the college.

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Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative journalist and has been a news producer for KUAF National Public Radio since 1998. She covers politics, the environment, energy, business, education, history, race and culture. Her radio segments have been nationally syndicated. She is also a station-based national correspondent for NPR in Washington DC., and recipient of eight national and state broadcast awards.