Lynching of John White: October 21, 1919
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City: Crosby, Texas
County: Harris County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Robbery
Manner of Death: Burned
Source of Information: Tuskegee Institute, Equal Justice Initiative
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"Colored Youth is Given Dose of South's Democratic Kulture; Burned to Death, Says Report."
Source: Houston Informer (Houston, Texas) | Date: November 8, 1919
John White's Death Certificate
Source: Ancestry.com
John White Inquest Proceeding
Source: Harris County, Texas | Date: October 21, 1919
Crosby "Blue Goose" Jail
Officially known as the Harris County Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace courthouse and jail. | Source: Edith Fae Cook Cole, Crosby's Heritage Preserved, 1823-1949. | Date: c. 1919
Map of Crosby
Source: Edith Fae Cook Cole, Crosby's Heritage Preserved, 1823-1949.
Key to Crosby Map
Source: Edith Fae Cook Cole, Crosby's Heritage Preserved, 1823-1949.
"Negro Burns to Death in Attempt to Escape"
Source: Houston Post (Houston, Texas) | Date: October 22, 1919
"America's Reign of Lynch Law"
Source: Houston Informer (Houston, Texas) | Date: July 10, 1920