Forest City Lynching of 1900

J. Timothy Cole is a librarian at Greensboro Public Library and an archivist at Guilford College. He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina.

“stud[ies] the events against the political backdrop of the day...considers the legacy of what [the author] calls the sins of his ancestors”—North Carolina Libraries; “well written, well researched”—Journal of Appalachian Studies; “readers interested in Populism, race relations, and lynching will profit from Cole’s work”—North Carolina Historical Review; “there are lessons to be learned...[the author] cuts his flesh-and-blood no slack”—News & Record, (Greensboro, NC).

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Preface      Introduction      1 Mills Higgins Flack and the Agrarian Revolt in Rutherford      2 The Fusion Era and White Supremacy in Rutherford      3 The Forest City Lynching and Its Aftermath      4 Epilog: The Silence of Dishonor      Appendix I. A Partial List of Members (Chiefly Officers) of the Farmers’ Alliance in Rutherford      Appendix II. Populist Candidates in Rutherford (1892–1898)      Appendix III. The Charlotte Daily Observer Article of 29 August 1900      Appendix IV. The Charlotte Daily Observer Article of 31 August 1900      Appendix V. Affidavit Submitted by Raney Mills to Rutherford County Superior Court, Fall 1900, and the Order of Judge Shaw, Etc.      Appendix VI. Research on the Origins and Revolutionary Services of the Flacks of Guilford and Rutherford Counties      Appendix VII. Plato Durham, John Baxter Eaves and the Ku Klux Conspiracy in Rutherford      Notes      Bibliography      Index