The Legend of Wyatt Outlaw

There was a problem with your download, please contact the server administrator. Rights and Permissions Download Flyer by Sylvester Allen Jr. and Belle Boggs Published by The University of North Carolina Press A Ferris and Ferris Book ISBN 9781469689999 | 296 Pages, 6.12 × 9.25 in, 30 halftones, notes, index 296 Pages, 6.12 × 9.25 in, 30 halftones, notes, index Other Retailers: Wyatt Outlaw’s story was one of Black success: He was a Union League leader, business owner, and the first Black town constable and commissioner in Graham, a small town located in North Carolina’s Alamance County. But in 1870, Outlaw was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan, setting off a dramatic series of events: more lynchings, a Republican-led “war” against the Klan, and a white supremacist crackdown on Black political power that continues today. As a child, Black activist, musician, and Graham native Sylvester Allen frequently passed the site where Outlaw was killed without ever learning his name. Belle Boggs, whit

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