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Group of African-American men and women with identification tags waiting outside brick building

African-American Flood Refugees

Construction workers on railroad tracks by incomplete three story arched window building

Tree covered hill side with bare trees and leaf covered roots

Blackfish Lake Ferry Site

Three black men and two black women pose in landscaped yard outside home with wide porch

Scott Bond's House

Group of men and cars outside two-story brick storefront next to single-story buildings on dirt road

African-American man with mustache in suit and tie

Three men in hats and a woman sitting in convertible

Scott Bond Family

White men working at their desks in office with stove and typewriter in the foreground

Scott Bond Office

Young African-American man in suit and bow tie

Theophilus Bond

Young African-American boy in suit sitting in chair

African American man in suit and bow tie

Large industrial building displaying "Nashville Lumber Company" sign

Entering small town on a country road

Entering Caldwell

Single story red brick building with glass front door and parking lot

Caldwell Community Center

Sign saying "Caldwell Family Park Home of Cotton Pickin Festival Built 2000"

Caldwell Family Park

Children and adults at a playground with colorful equipment

Caldwell Family Park

Single story beige metal building with two garage bay doors and a green awning

Caldwell Fire Department

Red fire engine saying "Caldwell Fire Department" on door

Caldwell Fire Engine

Two cars parked beside two-story restaurant building called "Carl's Cafe" with gas pumps under a canopy and car beside them

Single story service station on paved road

Chester's Auto Repair

Young African American boy in robes with cross staff

Christ Church Crucifier

young African-American men playing basketball outside with school buildings in the background and young African American women watching

Christ Church Parochial and Industrial School

Long brick building with cross on the side and building with tall steeple in field with truck parked next to it

Christ Church Parochial School Buildings

Boarded up and abandoned brick building

Country road with fields and trees and sign saying "Colt"

gray single story buildings

Colt City Hall and Fire Dept.

Small park with pavilion and picnic tables

Colt Community Park

Single story red brick post office building with flagpole and parking lot

Colt Post Office

Small town street scene with traffic

Colt Street Scene

Small town street scene with country store and railroad crossing

Colt Street Scene

"Plane falls near Brinkley 17 killed" on front page of newspaper

Large blue sign with white text and lights on grass with Brick building with parking lot behind it

Crowley's Ridge Technical Institute

small airport with one plane visible

Delta Regional Airport

Covered sidewalk with brick columns arches and driveway flag pole U.S. and Arkansas flags

East Arkansas Community College

Solid brick tower with large "E.A.C.C." letters three vertical windows at top on brick campus

East Arkansas Community College

Distant view of single and multistory buildings inside fences with parking lot and water tower

Federal Correctional Institution

Men standing about burned out brick building

Forrest City Fire Damage

Aerial view people line up by building near trucks and rows of more than 100 tents

Forrest City Refugee Camp

Aerial view of tents alongside road

Forrest City Refugees

"Bathed in blood" newspaper clipping

Forrest City Riot Article

Looking down town street with multistory storefront buildings on one side

Forrest City Street Scene

Cars on two-lane town street outside multistory buildings

Forrest City Street Scene

Newspaper front page "Forrest City Times"

Forrest City Times

Looking over residential area with single and multistory houses on dirt roads with trees

Forrest City View

Two white women boarding airplane, one holding basket of peaches

Tolise Gathings

Country road entering small town

Entering Goodwin

Single story gray metal post office building with parking lot

Goodwin Post Office

Country road with trees on both sides and a yellow metal building on one side

Goodwin Street Scene

Long multistory brick building with arched windows

country highway with trees on one side and brush on the other with a sign saying "Hughes"

Entering Hughes

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