Box L.26

Scope and Contents Includes an undated article by AFRO reporter Ralph Matthews, Sr. on the 1894 Navassa Island case in which Isaac Kemp was lynched in Somerset County. File also incudes clippings on the attempted lynchings of Edward Jett (Baltimore, 1926), and Andrew Holland (Annapolis, 1929), photographs and clippings reporting on the attempted lynching of Arthur Collick and George Selby (Snow Hill, 1940), and reporting on the attemed lynchings of Gus White (Prince Frederick, 1942) and Otis Simmons and Arthur...

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Clippings report on lynching victims Matthew Williams (Salisbury, 1931) and George Armwood (Princess Anne, 1933), and the attempted lynching of Euel Lee, aka Orphan Jones (Snow Hill, 1931). Clippings cover arrests, lynchings, investigations, trials, appeals, and legal precedent set during Euel Lee case. Because the incidents and their aftermath overlapped in time, many articles reference more than one case.

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Letters to the AFRO and to Carl Murphy concerning lynching cases in Maryland.

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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.

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...

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

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