Lynching of Allen Brooks: March 3, 1910
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City: Dallas, Texas
County: Dallas 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 Years of Lynching
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A picture postcard showcasing the lynching of Allen Brooks in Dallas.
Source: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection via Southern Methodist University | Date: March 3, 1910
This postcard features a photograph taken at the corner of Main and Akard in Dallas two hours after the lynching of Allen Brooks.
Source: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection via Southern Methodist University | Date: March 3, 1910
Aerial view looking east from the Praetorian Building, Dallas’s first skyscraper, 1910.
Source: Texas/Dallas History and Archives Division, Dallas Public Library. | Date: 1910
The intersection of Main and Akard in Dallas, c. 1908.
Source: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection via Southern Methodist University | Date: 1908
This postcard features the Dallas County Courthouse as it appeared in 1910. On March 3, Brooks was on trial at this courthouse, when he was abducted by a lynch mob and thrown from a second floor window.
Source: University of North Texas Libraries | Date: c. 1910
"Dallas Men Hang Negro: Mob Rushed the Court Room Where Allen Brooks, Rape Friend, Was Being Tried."
Source: Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Texas) | Date: March 3, 1910