Box OSL.06
Container
Contains 18 Results:
Lynching Cases, 1921-1964
Sub-Group — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Group contains coverage of specific lynching and attempted lynching cases, including the incidents themselves, investigations and trials of participants, and editorials regarding specific cases. Most coverage is contemporary to the incident; where coverage references past incidents it is noted in the scope and content note for the folder. Lynching victims have been listed for each location, along with the specific location and year of the incident. Locations typically were transcribed from...
Dates:
1921-1964
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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L
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L - part 2
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Lynching
Lynching Cases - Georgia - Malcolms and Dorseys (Monroe), 1946-1947
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Coverage of the quadruple lynching of Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcolm and George and Mae Murray Dorsey. Folder 3 contains photographs of lynching victims and scene, among others. Folder 4 contains a report on the incident by the Federation to Fight Fascism. Oversize material includes full pages of Philadelphia Afro-American from August 3, 1946 and likely the National edition of the Afro-American from August 10, 1946.
Dates:
1946-1947
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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L
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L - part 2
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Lynching
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Lynching Cases
Lynching Cases - Maryland - Full Newspapers, 1931-1933
File — Box: OSL.06
Scope and Contents
Full newspaper pages containing coverage of the lynchings of Matthew Williams (Salisbury, 1931) and George Armwood (Princess Anne, 1933) from a variety of Baltimore newspapers regarding the cases of Euel Lee, Matthew Williams, and George Armwood between 1931 and 1934. Included are Baltimore Sunday Sun, 1931 Dec. 6; Baltimore Afro-American, 1931 Dec. 12; Baltimore Sun, 1931 Dec. 30; Baltimore News, 1932 Jan. 18 and 1932 Jan. 19; Baltimore Post, 1933 Oct. 19; Baltimore Evening Sun, 1933 Oct....
Dates:
1931-1933
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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L
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L - part 2
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Lynching
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Lynching Cases
Lynching Legislation - 74th Congress (1935-1937) - Clippings, 1934-1935
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Contains mainly documentation of bill number S. 24, also known as the Costigan Wagner bill, and clippings referring to the many bills introduced during the 74th congress.
Dates:
1934-1935
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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L
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L - part 2
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Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress (1937-1939) - H.R. 1507 - Draft articles, 1937
File — Multiple Containers
Dates:
1937
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
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AFRO Morgue Files
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General File
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L
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L - part 2
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Lynching
Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress (1937-1939) - H.R. 1507 - Letters, 1937
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Includes a 1937 telegram from Representative Hamilton Fish of New York to Carl Murphy with Murphy's response. Also contains advocacy letters circulated by the NAACP, letters to the editor of the AFRO, and letters from members of Congress including Emanuel Celler of New York, Representatives T. Alan Goldsborough (First District of Maryland), Stephen W. Gambrill (Fifth District of Maryland), William P. Cole, Jr. (Second District of Maryland), and Ambrose J. Kennedy (Fourth District of...
Dates:
1937
Found in:
AFRO American Newspapers Archives
/
AFRO Morgue Files
/
General File
/
L
/
L - part 2
/
Lynching