By Victor Trammell Photo credits: The New Orleans States John Hartfield moved from his home in Ellisville, Mississippi to East St. Louis, Illinois in search of a better life. He returned to Ellisville in 1919 to see his white sweetheart, Ruth Meeks. In Laurel, Mississippi, he accepted work as a hotel porter. When several white […]
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