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Box L.27

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Contains 116 Results:

Lynching Cases - Nebraska, 1941

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Named lynching victim is Will Brown (Omaha, 1919).

Dates: 1941

Lynching Cases - New Mexico, 1926

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Named lynching victim is Santiago Platero (Albuquerque)

Dates: 1926

Lynching Cases - New York, 1933, 1936

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Three cases of crime suspects threatened by mobs in New York City are compared to lynching, including Lloyd Price (1933), Harry Hampton (1933), and Harry Hein (1936).

Dates: 1933; 1936

Lynching Cases - North Carolina, 1927-1947

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Scope and Contents Photograph depicts white men of Roxboro, NC involved in 1941 attempted lynching of Cy Winstead. Named lynching victims include Thomas Bradshaw (Bailey, 1927), Broadus Miller (Morgantown, 1927), William McDaniels (Raleigh, 1929), Oliver Moore (Tarboro, 1930), Charles Simmons (Kinston, 1930), unnamed victim (Tarboro, 1930), Dock Rogers (Pender County, 1933), Goven Ward (Louisburg, 1935), unnamed victim (Selma, 1939), unnamed victim (Cherryville, 1941, reported in 1942), Robert Walker (Gaston...
Dates: 1927-1947

Lynching Cases - North Carolina - Godwin Bush (Rich Square), 1947

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Coverage of attempted lynching of Godwin "Buddy" Bush and the subsequent trial in Jackson, NC.

Dates: 1947

Lynching Cases - North Dakota, 1931

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Named lynching victim is Charles Bannon (Schafer, 1931)

Dates: 1931

Lynching Cases - Ohio, 1932, 1937

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Named victim of lynching is Luke Murray (Ironton, 1932). Victim of attempted lynching is Lee Matthew (Dover, 1937).

Dates: 1932; 1937

Lynching Cases - Oklahoma, 1930, 1936

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Named lynching victim is Willie Jones (Altus, 1936). Named victims of attempted lynchings include Jesse Washington (Erick, 1930) and Olivia Garvin (Altus, 1936).

Dates: 1930; 1936

Lynching Cases - Oklahoma - Henry Argo (Chickasha), 1930

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Includes photograph of open jail cell.

Dates: 1930