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  2. List of lynching victims in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Harvey, William "Sam Joe" 35: Black: Salt Lake City: Salt Lake: Utah: August 25, 1883: Alleged murder of White police chief: After police severely kicked and beat him they handed him over to a White mob of up to 2,000 people who hung Harvey in front of the city jail then dragged his body down the main city street. [95] [96] Heath, John: 28 ...

  3. Mount Vernon Ladies' Association - Wikipedia

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    The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union (MVLA) is a non-profit organization that preserves and maintains the Mount Vernon estate originally owned by the family of George Washington. [1] The association was founded in 1853 by Ann Pamela Cunningham of South Carolina, and is the oldest national historic preservation organization as well ...

  4. Mount Vernon, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Mount Vernon is located at the center of Franklin County. U.S. Route 67 passes through the northern side of town as Main Street, leading east 16 miles (26 km) to Mount Pleasant and west 23 miles (37 km) to Sulphur Springs. Texas State Highway 37 passes through the western side of town, leading north 20 miles (32 km) to Bogata and south 17 miles ...

  5. Service Corporation International - Wikipedia

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    Service Corporation International is an American provider of funeral goods and services as well as cemetery property and services. It is headquartered in Neartown, Houston, Texas, and operates secondary corporate offices in Jefferson, Louisiana (near New Orleans). [5][6] SCI operates more than 1500 funeral homes and 400 cemeteries. [1]

  6. Vernon, Texas - Wikipedia

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    2412151 [2] Website. Vernon, Texas. A glimpse of downtown Vernon, with Waggoner National Bank in the left background. The Red River Valley Museum is located on the Vernon College campus. Vernon is a city and the county seat of Wilbarger County, Texas, United States. [4] and as of the 2010 Census had a population of 11,002.

  7. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment ...

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    Dissent. Kavanaugh. Laws applied. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act 1964. R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), is a landmark [1] United States Supreme Court case which ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects transgender people from employment discrimination.

  8. George Washington Parke Custis - Wikipedia

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    George Washington Parke Custis (April 30, 1781 – October 10, 1857) was an American antiquarian, author, playwright, and plantation owner. He was a veteran of the War of 1812. His father, John Parke Custis served in the American Revolution with then-General George Washington. John Parke Custis died after the Battle of Yorktown that ended the ...

  9. Malcolm Wallace - Wikipedia

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    Wallace was a native of Mount Pleasant, Texas. [4] He was the son of Alvin James Wallace, Sr. (1895-1973), a cement and construction contractor, according to the 1930 US Census, and Alice Marie Riddle (1897-1959). [citation needed] In 1939, Wallace graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas. [5]