Hershel Deaton, a 35-year-old white mine foreman from Coeburn, Virginia, was killed on November 27, 1927, in Jenkins, Kentucky. Deaton's death was a significant event that led to a series of tragic and consequential actions. Leonard Woods, an African-American coal miner from Jenkins, Kentucky, was accused of Deaton's murder. According to reports, Woods, along with two Black women, Susan Armister and Anna Mae Emery, allegedly confronted Deaton, mistaking him for a taxi driver. When Deaton refused
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