Lynching of Jim Brooks: August 14, 1889
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City: Orange, Texas
County: Orange County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Rape
Manner of Death: Hanged, Shot
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years
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"A Black Brute"
Date: August 13, 1889
"A Manly Tree"
Source: Fort Worth Daily Gazette (Fort Worth, Texas) | Date: August 14, 1889
"A Colored Miscreant Lynched."
Source: The Kingston Daily Freeman (Kingston, New York) | Date: August 14, 1889