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African American History

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Slavery & Freedom

Learn about the history of slavery in Nodaway County. This site emphasizes the lives and stories of enslaved people and follows their experience after emancipation.

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Raymond Gunn Lynching

Learn about the 1937 lynching of local Black man Raymond Gunn. Examine the crimes he was accused of and the presentation of the arrest and lynching in regional newspapers.

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