Box L.26

Scope and Contents A letter to Carl Murphy describes the circumstances of the lynching of Joe Lockhart (Columbus, 1926). A photograph of Ernest Chester, Robert Ford, and Matthew Brown is captioned with a description of their attempted lynching (Columbus, 1949). Another photograph shows damage to a school in Smyrna from mob violence (1930). Named lynching victims include Dave Wright (Douglass, 1927), James Erwin (Ocilla, 1930), John Clark (Cartersville, 1930), J.H Wilkins (Locust Grove, 1930), George Grant...

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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.

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Coverage of six unnamed white U.S. airmen killed by a street mob in Germany in 1944.

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Named lynching victim is Joseph Kawahawai (Honolulu). Includes a letter from Kansas Congressman James G. Strong to George B. Murphy, Jr.

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Named lynching victim is James E. Person, killed near Terre Haute, Ind. Includes photograph of men accused of killing James Person, tried in Danville, Ill.

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Named lynching victims are Thomas Shipp and Abe Smith (Marion, 1930)