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Box L.26

 Container

Contains 118 Results:

Lynching Cases - Maryland - Writings, 1933

 File — Box: L.26
Scope and Contents

Typewritten, annotated writings related to the lynchings of Matthew Williams (Salisbury, 1931) and George Armwood (Princess Anne, 1933). Includes a notarized, eyewitness account of the Princess Anne lynching of George Armwood.

Dates: 1933

Lynching Cases - Mississippi, 1927-1959

 File — Box: L.26
Scope and Contents Named lynching victims are Arthur Wade (Lexington, 1926), Coleman (Clarkesdale, 1926, no first name given), Joe Smith (Yazoo City, 1927), unnamed man (Lexington, 1927), unnamed man (Luceville, 1927), unnamed man (Aiken, 1927), James and Max Fox (Louisville, 1927), Shug McEllee (Summit, 1928), James and Stanley Bearden (Brookhaven, 1928), Steven Jenkins (Macon, 1929), Emanuel McCallum (Hattisburg, 1929), Pig Lockett and Holly White (Scooba, 1930), George B. Robinson (Jackson, 1930), David...
Dates: 1927-1959

Lynching Cases - Mississippi, 1934-1935

 File — Box: L.26
Scope and Contents

Photographs show lynching victims Abe Young (Slayden, 1935) and an unnamed victim (Marks, 1934)

Dates: 1934-1935

Lynching Cases - Mississippi - Roosevelt Townes and Bootjack McDaniels (Winona), 1937

 File — Box: L.26
Scope and Contents

See also "Lynching Legislation - 75th Congress - H.R. 1507 - Letters"

Dates: 1937