Lynching of Albert Fields: April 9, 1908

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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 Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

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"Lynching at Longview: Albert Fields, a Young Negro, Attacked a Young White Girl, and Paid the Penalty."
Source: *Palestine Daily Herald* (Palestine, Texas) | Date: April 10, 1908

"White Girl Insulted; Longview Negro Lynched: Albert Fields Hanged in Yard of Courthouse. Screams of Girl Bring Aged Negro to Her Rescue - Identification and Confession Were Complete."
Source: *Jefferson Jimplecute* (Jefferson, Texas) | Date: April 10, 1908

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Lynching in Texas Staff, “Lynching of Albert Fields: April 9, 1908,” Lynching In Texas, accessed September 5, 2026, https://www.lynchingintexas.org/items/show/258.

Published February 17, 2018. Last updated September 27, 2018.

Lynching of Albert Fields: April 9, 1908

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"Lynching at Longview: Albert Fields, a Young Negro, Attacked a Young White Girl, and Paid the Penalty."

"White Girl Insulted; Longview Negro Lynched: Albert Fields Hanged in Yard of Courthouse. Screams of Girl Bring Aged Negro to Her Rescue - Identification and Confession Were Complete."

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