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Lynching of Frank Williams: June 21, 1908
City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 22 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Shot Source of Information: NAACP 30…
Lynching of Moses Spellman: June 21, 1908
City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 24 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30…
Lynching of William McCoy: June 21, 1908
City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 40 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Shot Source of Information: NAACP 30…
Lynching of William Manuel: June 21, 1908
City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 25 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30…
Lynching of William Johnson: June 21, 1908
City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 24 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30…
Lynching of Jerry Evans: June 21, 1908
City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 22 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30…
Lynching of Jasper Douglas: April 19, 1908
City: Atlanta, Texas County: Cass County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Rape Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30…
Lynching of Albert Fields: April 9, 1908
City: Longview, Texas
County: Gregg County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: 20
Alleged Crime: Insulting a white girl
Manner of Death: Hanged
Source of…
Lynching of Charley Scott: February 27, 1908
City: Conroe, Texas County: Montgomery County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 18 Alleged Crime: Attempted Rape Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information:…
Lynching of John Campbell: March 7, 1908
On March 8, 1908, dawn arrived in Navasota, just as it did every morning. The fields that surrounded the East Texas town had begun to fill with bluebonnets, and local citizens prepared for a beautiful…