Black People : African American Massacres, Race Riots, Revolts and Lynchings in America

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MARION, INDIANA LYNCHING (1930)​

Marion, Indiana Lynching (1930) •

On August 7, 1930, a mob of ten to fifteen thousand whites abducted three young black men from the jail in Marion, Indiana, lynching Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith. Sixteen-year-old James Cameron narrowly survived after being beaten by the mob. Lawrence Beitler’s photograph of the two victims’...

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EYEWITNESS TO TERROR: THE LYNCHING OF A BLACK MAN IN OBION COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN 1931​

Eyewitness to Terror: The Lynching of a Black Man in Obion County, Tennessee in 1931 •

In 1931 twelve-year- old Thomas J. Pressly witnessed the lynching of George Smith in Union City, the county seat of Obion County, Tennessee. Now a University of Washington historian and Professor Emeritus, Dr. Pressley describes that lynching in the article below. When I was twelve … Read...

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THE MOORE’S FORD LYNCHING (JULY 1946)​

The Moore’s Ford Lynching (July 1946) •

On July 14, 1946, four African American sharecroppers were lynched at Moore’s Ford in northeast Georgia in an event now described as the “last mass lynching in America.” Yet the killers of George Dorsey, Mae Murray Dorsey, Roger Malcolm, and Dorothy Malcolm were never brought … Read MoreThe...

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EMMETT LOUIS TILL (1941-1955)​

Emmett Louis Till (1941-1955) •

Emmett Till was a fourteen year-old African American boy who was tortured and killed in Money, Mississippi in 1955 after allegedly insulting a white woman. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Till lived with his mother, Mamie Till. His father, Louis Till, died while serving in the … Read MoreEmmett...

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MACK CHARLES PARKER (1936-1959)​

Mack Charles Parker (1936-1959) •

The murder of Mack Charles Parker is considered one of the last civil rights era lynchings. On the night of April 24, 1959, a mob abducted Parker from the Pearl River County Jail in Poplarville, Mississippi, where he was awaiting trial for the alleged crime … Read MoreMack Charles Parker (1936-1959)

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