On June 5, 1954, a well-known African-American landowner, Isadore Banks, vanished from Crittenden County in Arkansas. Days later, his body was found mutilated and burned in a small wooded area on his property. Banks was born July 15, 1895. In 1918, at age 22, Banks joined the army to fight in World War I. After […]

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