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Older white man with glasses in suit and tie shaking hands with white man in suit and tie

Clarence Bell and Frank Broyles

African-American men and women sitting on front porch steps

Scott Bond Family

Book cover old white man sitting at desk with stained glass window "The Burdens of Southern History Third Edition"

The Burden of Southern History by Comer Vann Woodward

Single-story buildings and road signs on rural road

Small train station with wrap around awning pitched roof white people standing by locomotive

Cherry Valley Depot

Single-story building with blue awning and sign on street

Cross County Museum

Interior museum with mannequin desk display case and photographs on the wall

Cross County Museum

Abandoned brick building with partially collapsed front porch

Old Cross County Courthouse

Single-story building with trees and "Cross County Court House" sign

Cross County Courthouse

"Cross County" map with borders roads cities river

Cross County Map

Portrait white man short hair long beard long jacket hand on hip contrapposto pose

Abandoned large two-story house with brick chimney behind fence

Abandoned large two-story house and wooden fences

Two-story white house and neighborhood in snow

East Hamilton Avenue Historic District

White man women and girl inside dry goods store

Bette Greene Family

"Confessed to the killing" newspaper clipping

Bob Greenwood Lynching Article

Men standing on sidewalk in front of brick building "Halls Drug Store"

Halls Drug Store

"Cross County" newspaper clipping

Frank Harris Lynching Article

"Cross County Outrage on the person and murder of a little white girl by a colored fiend" newspaper clipping

Frank Harris Lynching Article

Autumn trees reflected in lake under blue skies

Group of men standing amid stacks of lumber

Lansing Company

"Hall Mahone Hanged" newspaper clipping

Mahone Execution Article

White man standing in a field next to truck displaying the words "dry goods and groceries" with a service window cut in the side

Mobile General Store

Two rail workers and man in tie pose on tracks by locomotive 2633

MoPac Locomotive

"Determined to put down a band of whitecaps" newspaper clipping

Night Riders Article

Single-story school house with sign "Northern Ohio School" and walking path

Northern Ohio School

Wooden sign with Native American man on it with a brick building with a wooden roof behind it and flag pole

Parkin Archeological State Park

Native American pottery on display behind glass with sign saying "The Pacaha Province: Casqui's Enemies"

Parkin Archeological State Park

Wooden sign with Native American man painted on it and brick base with flowers and trees behind it

Parkin Archeological State Park

map outlining Arkansas counties with red pin in northeastern quadrant

Parkin Archeological State Park: Park Location

brick church building with A-frame roof and arched windows with cross hanging above them and sign

Parkin Baptist Church

Aerial view of river

Parkin Bridge over the St. Francis

Aerial view of river

Parkin Bridge over the St. Francis

House and buildings partially submerged in flood waters

African-American man sitting on railroad bridge during a flood signed "Flood scene at Parkin April 16-17"

Barge and houseboat on frozen river

Parkin in Winter

Factory buildings with smokestacks and pile of lumber next to railroad tracks in the foreground

Street with abandoned brick building on right and one-story building with parked cars on left

Parkin Street Scene

Street with storefronts trees and parked cars

Parkin Street Scene

"Essex Pipkin Hanged for Rape" newspaper clipping

Essex Pipkin Execution Article

Single-story school building with street lamps in front yard

South Elementary School (Wynne)

Piece of notebook paper with map drawn on it

Man in suit with car outside building with smokestack and loading dock

Terry Ice Plant

Single-story buildings and power lines on two-lane rural road

Remnants of manmade road in forested area

Village Creek Segment of the Memphis to Little Rock Road

two white men fishing off a dock

Village Creek State Park

"Lynching at Wynne" newspaper clipping

"Isaac" Wells Lynching Article

"Negro Lynched" newspaper clipping

"Isaac" Wells Lynching Article

Man made valley between two mounds of earth covered in trees

Wittsburg Fortification

Sloping forest floor under autumn trees

Wittsburg Natural Area

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