Entries tagged "Polk County": 4
Lynching of Bill Jones
City: Corrigan, Texas County: Polk County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Attempted MurderManner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: National newspapers
Lynching of William "Billy" Black
City: Moscow, Texas County: Polk County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Insults Manner of Death: Hanged Source: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching, Tuskegee Institute, Equal Justice Initiative
Lynching of John McCelvy
City: Corrigan, Texas County: Polk CountyRace or Ethnicity of Victim: WhiteGender of Victim: MaleAge of Victim: UnknownAlleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: UnknownSource of Information: Chicago Tribune
Lynching of Benjamin Harris
City: Moscow, Texas County: Polk County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching