Box L.26

Coverage of the quadruple lynching of Roger and Dorothy Dorsey Malcolm and George and Mae Murray Dorsey. Folder 3 contains photographs of lynching victims and scene, among others. Folder 4 contains a report on the incident by the Federation to Fight Fascism. Oversize material includes full pages of Philadelphia Afro-American from August 3, 1946 and likely the National edition of the Afro-American from August 10, 1946.

Coverage of six unnamed white U.S. airmen killed by a street mob in Germany in 1944.

Named lynching victim is Joseph Kawahawai (Honolulu). Includes a letter from Kansas Congressman James G. Strong to George B. Murphy, Jr.

Named lynching victim is James E. Person, killed near Terre Haute, Ind. Includes photograph of men accused of killing James Person, tried in Danville, Ill.

Named lynching victims are Thomas Shipp and Abe Smith (Marion, 1930)

Coverage of the attempted lynching of Judge C.C. Bradley.

Named lynching victim is Richard Read (Atwood, 1932). Named attempted lynching victim is George Miller (Osawatomie, 1947).

Named victim is Leonard Woods (Whitesburg, 1937). Also includes coverage of protection from mob by National Guard of Edward Harris while on trial in Lexington in 1926. An unsigned note is found related to the Woods case.