Irby Scruggs

In the spring of 1921, a dedicated Federal Prohibition Agent named Irby U. Scruggs, a white male, found himself in a fatal confrontation that would abruptly end his life. On April 30, 1921, in Knox County, Tennessee, Scruggs was dutifully enforcing the Volstead Act, a law that had taken effect just over a year prior, ushering in the era of Prohibition. He was one of the first agents tasked with this challenging and often dangerous work. On that fateful day, Scruggs, accompanied by a local law en ...

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