The Lynching of Mary Turner: May 19, 1918

TERRORISM BY AMERICANS TO AMERICANS

In my research I have found acts of barbarism so heinous that it defied all imagination.  They say that truth is stranger than fiction, and lynching is no exception.  But never in my studies have I ever come across an act so atrocious, so despicable, that . . . → Read More: The Lynching of Mary Turner: May 19, 1918

The Lynching of Angelo Albano and Castenge Ficarrotta

 

Found pinned to the cuff of the trousers of Angelo Albano, an unsympathetic warning to those who are deemed a threat to the community. 

Two Italians, Angelo Albano and Castenge Ficarrotta were hanged by a mob in Tampa, Florida, September 20, 1910, for attempted murder.  They were known to . . . → Read More: The Lynching of Angelo Albano and Castenge Ficarrotta

When Johnny Comes Marching Home

WE RETURN

WE RETURN FROM FIGHTING

WE RETURN FIGHTING

“Make way for Democracy! We saved France, and by the Great Jehovah, we will save it in the United States of America, or know the reason why.”

These words penned by W.E.B. Du Bois were his inspiration to create a post-war global Pan-African Congress to address . . . → Read More: When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Is Vigilante Justice Likely for Casey Anthony?

ONE MORE FOR THE BOOK

The media trial and conviction of Casey Anthony started three years before she actually appeared before a jury of her peers.  The pot being stirred all this time for a climax that was suppose to be a verdict of guilty.  When it didn't happen, many people threw a proverbial . . . → Read More: Is Vigilante Justice Likely for Casey Anthony?

Blacks lynching Blacks

THE LYNCHING OF ERNEST HARRISON, SAM REED AND FRANK HOWARD, SEPTEMBER 11, 1911.  WICKLIFFE, KENTUCKY.

Contrary to public opinion not all lynchings and acts of vigilantism were carried out by all-white mobs.  There are cases that confirm blacks participated along side their white counterparts.  Case in point: Jake Brooks, who was . . . → Read More: Blacks lynching Blacks

The Lynching of Mary and Lawrence Nelson: One Hundred Years Later

It will be one hundred years this Wednesday, May 25th, that Mary Nelson and her son Lawrence were taken from their jail cells in Okemah, bound and gagged, placed onto a buckboard and carted six miles down Schoolton Rd to the North Canadian River bridge at Yarbrough's Crossing and lynched  for the killing . . . → Read More: The Lynching of Mary and Lawrence Nelson: One Hundred Years Later

Lynching of Dr. B.E. Ward

Party of Noble men take him from Cleveland County Jail early Sunday morning and hang him. Brutal crime expiated. No clue to the executioners, who act in a quiet and deliberate manner Body taken to Chico, Texas, for burial.

The Norman Transcript May 13, 1915

From Monday’s Daily.

Dr. B.E. Ward, who killed his wife . . . → Read More: Lynching of Dr. B.E. Ward

An Indiana Lynching Party

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Amer Green Falls a Victim to Their Wrath at Delphi.

Chicago Tribune October 22, 1887

Author unknown.

Delphi, Ind. Oct 21. – (Special) – At about midnight tonight those of our citizens who happened to be on the streets were startled by the appearance of a large body of men making their way into the . . . → Read More: An Indiana Lynching Party

Judge Lynch’s Prejudice

The New York Times October 18, 1875

Author unknown.

In Louisiana, the other day, there was a case of Lynch law which was somewhat peculiar.  A woman in the family of one Mr. Saunders administered to him a solution of arsenic in a cup of water, with the intention of poisoning him.  Saunders did . . . → Read More: Judge Lynch’s Prejudice

The Casuistry of Lynch Law

The Nation Vol. 103, No. 2669, August 24, 1916. pgs. 173-4

By Herbert L. Stewart.

Any one who has been present while the pros and cons of lynching were discussed by the occupants of a railway car, or by the loungers in a hotel smoke room, must have got an insight, if not into lynch . . . → Read More: The Casuistry of Lynch Law