Author Denis McMillan

Prologue from this new book:

This morning, I stood over the grave marker containing the names of two African Americans, Fred Coker and Horace Duncan at the Hazelwood Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri.

Caucasian vigilantes lynched these men on an Easter weekend, April 14, 1906 without evidence, hearings, or a trial.

I questioned several Caucasian people that reside in Springfield concerning this incident. Many of them were aware that the lynching took place but knew very little of the details.

During my research, I found just one book with a small chapter devoted to this dreadful lynching in 1906 along with a few newspaper articles.

In writing this book, I attempted to give these young men an opportunity to speak from the grave of the mental anguish and physical pain they endured during those final hours before stepping into eternity.