Wednesday, March 4, 2009

MAY

MAY 1
Henry Pope lynched Chattooga Co Georgia May 1 1888
Willie Dees lynched Osceola Arkansas May 1 1899
George Gordon lynched Albin Mississippi May 1 1900
Henry Ratcliffe lynched Gloster Mississippi May 1 1900
Caines Hall lynched Kingston Alabama May 1 1904
MAY 2
Monroe Walters lynched Hudson Mississippi May 2 1891
Thomas Brownlee lynched Butts Co Georgia May 2 1895
Charles E. Moore lynched Jackson Mississippi May 2 1964
Henry Dee lynched Jackson Mississippi May 2 1964
MAY 3
Lyman Purdee lynched Elizabethtown No. Carolina May 3 1892
William Benby lynched Beaumont Texas May 3 1896
Dan Kennedy lynched Mulberry Florida May 3 1903
Robert Bryant lynched Vicksburg Mississippi May 3 1903
D. Malone lynched Caruthersville Missouri May 3 1903
W. J. Mooneyhon lynched Caruthersville Missouri May 3 1903
Silas Ealy lynched Bossier City Louisiana May 3 1907
Ernest Allums lynched N/A Louisiana May 3 1912
John Rushin lynched Pavo Georgia May 3 1936
MAY 4
Marshall Jones lynched Douglas Georgia May 4 1900
Henry Darley lynched Liberty Missouri May 4 1900
Grant Johnson lynched Alden Bridge Louisiana May 4 1901
Felton Brigman lynched Rodessa Louisiana May 4 1901
Jonathan Carter lynched Little Rock Arkansas May 4 1927
MAY 5
Willie Leaphart lynched Lexington So. Carolina May 5 1890
Samuel Owensby lynched Hogansville Georgia May 5 1913
Thomas Dixon lynched Hempstead Texas May 5 1916
MAY 6
William Meadows murdered Claiborne Par. Louisiana May 6 1868
Sam Gaillard lynched N/A So. Carolina May 6 1893
Dennis Burrel lynched New Orleans Louisiana May 6 1898
Edward Mayes lynched Selma Alabama May 6 1901
"Dic" Mayes lynched Selma Alabama May 6 1901
Robert Dawson lynched Selma Alabama May 6 1901
John Curry lynched Kirvin Texas May 6 1922
"Shap" Curry lynched Kirvin Texas May 6 1922
1 unidentified black man lynched Kirvin Texas May 6 1922
Robert Sapp murdered Blakely Georgia May 6 1941
MAY 7
Charles Jones lynched MacClenny Florida May 7 1896
1 unidentified black man lynched Geneva Alabama May 7 1900
1 unidentified black man lynched Amite Co Mississippi May 7 1900
Charles Harris lynched Dearing Georgia May 7 1907
1 unidentified black man lynched Marian Co S. Carolina May 7 1907
John Williams lynched Naples Texas May 7 1908
1 unidentified black man lynched Greenville Mississippi May 7 1912
G. W. Edd lynched Macon Mississippi May 7 1912
1 unidentified black man lynched St. James Louisiana May 7 1914
Henry Scott lynched Lakeland Florida May 7 1920
Rev. George W. Lee murdered Belzoni Mississippi May 7 1955
MAY 8
George Hoes lynched Butler Alabama May 8 1892
Frank Piper lynched Alexandria Louisiana May 8 1904
George Whitney lynched Ethel Louisiana May 8 1906
Sam Simms lynched Jackson Mississippi May 8 1906
Elmo Garvard lynched Pulaski Tennessee May 8 1908
Joe Rogers lynched Canton Mississippi May 8 1939
MAY 9
1 unidentified black man lynched Berkley Co So. Carolina May 9 1892
John Stewart lynched Bearden Arkansas May 9 1893
Doc Henderson lynched Bearden Arkansas May 9 1893
1 unidentified black man lynched West Texas May 9 1894
1 unidentified black man lynched Duval Co Florida May 9 1909
Dr. E. B. Ward lynched Norman Oklahoma May 9 1915
1 unidentified black man lynched Big Sandy Texas May 9 1915
George Hughes lynched Sherman Texas May 9 1930
O'Dee Henderson murdered Fairfield Alabama May 9 1940
MAY 10
Senator Joseph Adkins murdered Warren Co. Georgia May 10 1869
Hayward Banks lynched Columbia So. Carolina May 10 1893
Henry Johnson lynched Valdosta Georgia May 10 1901
3* unidentified black men murdered Charleston N. Carolina May 10 1919
N/A Ballinger lynched Starke Florida May 10 1921
MAY 11
John Barrentine lynched Loundes Co Mississippi May 11 1891
Wesley Lee lynched Loundes Co Mississippi May 11 1891
Monroe Walker lynched Loundes Co Mississippi May 11 1891
Harry Wilson lynched Madison Co Florida May 11 1896
1 unidentified black man lynched Fulton Kentucky May 11 1896
2 unidentified black men lynched Pitt Co No. Carolina May 11 1899
William Lee lynched Hinton W. Virginia May 11 1900
James Brown lynched Birmingham Alabama May 11 1901
1 unidentified black man lynched Leeds Alabama May 11 1901
William Williams lynched South Side Alabama May 11 1901
Henry Brooks lynched Shreveport Louisiana May 11 1917
Will Kinsey lynched Warrenton Georgia May 11 1933
MAY 12
1 unidentified black man lynched Greenville Mississippi May 12 1892
Israel Haloway lynched Napoleonville Louisiana May 12 1893
1 unidentified black man lynched Wytheville Virginia May 12 1893
William Hardee lynched Nicols Georgia May 12 1896
1 unidentified black man lynched Jefferson Alabama May 12 1897
2 unidentified black women lynched Jefferson Alabama May 12 1897
James Underwood lynched Decatur Tennessee May 12 1902
Robert Pettigrew lynched Belmont Mississippi May 12 1905
Edward Hamilton lynched Shreveport Louisiana May 12 1914
1 unidentified black man lynched McGhee Arkansas May 12 1921
MAY 13
James Henry lynched Little Rock Arkansas May 13 1892
Luther Mills lynched Mercer Co. West Virginia May 13 1892
Alex Whitney lynched Harlem Georgia May 13 1900
Lee Key lynched Knoxville Arkansas May 13 1901
N/A Herman ( a doctor) lynched Topeka Kansas May 13 1901
Nicholas Dublano lynched Loreauville Louisiana May 13 1902
Horace Muller lynched Cookamie Mississippi May 13 1902
A.C. Williams murdered Quincy Florida May 13 1941
MAY 14
Hardy Grady lynched Effingham Co Georgia May 14 1884
David Cotton lynched Rosebud Texas May 14 1897
Henry Williams lynched Rosebud Texas May 14 1897
Sabe Stewart lynched Rosebud Texas May 14 1897
2 unidentified black men lynched Brooksville Florida May 14 1900
William Willis lynched Grovetown Georgia May 14 1900
William Womack lynched Eastman Georgia May 14 1906
"Dock" McLane lynched Ashdown Arkansas May 14 1910
Lloyd Clay lynched Vicksburg Mississippi May 14 1919
N/A West lynched Longwood Florida May 14 1925
MAY 15
"Red" Smith lynched Naugatuck West Virginia May 15 1892
Nim Young lynched Ocala Florida May 15 1894
Coat Williams lynched Pine Grove Louisiana May 15 1894
Charles Jackson lynched Redwood Louisiana May 15 1897
Henry Harris lynched Lena Louisiana May 15 1900
Jonathan Cummings lynched Appling Georgia May 15 1904
1 unidentified black man lynched Louisville Mississippi May 15 1915
Jesse Washington lynched Waco Texas May 15 1916
MAY 16
3 unidentified black men lynched Childersburg Alabama May 16 1892
1 unidentified black man lynched Berkley Co So. Carolina May 16 1892
Samuel Hinson lynched Cushtusha Mississippi May 16 1900
Charley Jones lynched Grovetown Georgia May 16 1914
MAY 17
Will Hood lynched Merriwether Co Georgia May 17 1887
Tut Danford lynched Mt. Carmel So. Carolina May 17 1889
1 unidentified black man lynched Millican Texas May 17 1889
3 unidentified black men lynched Clarksville Georgia May 17 1892
Henry Scott lynched Jefferson Texas May 17 1894
Samuel Wood lynched Gate City Virginia May 17 1894
Frank Jordan lynched Inverness Florida May 17 1906
9 unidentified blacks lynched Valdosta Georgia May 17-24 1918
1 unidentified black woman (pregnant) lynched Valdosta Georgia May 17-24 1918
N.G. Romey lynched Lake City Florida May 17 1929
Rev. Joseph Mann murdered Norfolk Virginia May 29 1951
Rev. Horace Bell murdered Selma Alabama May 29 1959
MAY 18
38 unidentified black men lynched West Feliciana Par. Louisiana May 18 report 1876
1 unidentified black man lynched Columbia Louisiana May 18 1889
James Taylor lynched Chestertown Maryland May 18 1892
Captain Lewis lynched Lumpkin Georgia May 18 1897
3 unidentified black men lynched San Augustine Texas May 18 1897
John McLeod lynched Swainsboro Georgia May 18 1911
Charles Atkins lynched Davisboro Georgia May 18 1922
N/A Early lynched Plantersville Texas May 18 1922
MAY 19
A. M. Neeley lynched Forrest City Arkansas May 19 1889
Charles Everett lynched Manchester Tennessee May 19 1892
Jerido Shivers lynched Coffee Co Alabama May 19 1895
Samuel Echols lynched Ellaville Florida May 19 1895
Simeon Crowley lynched Ellaville Florida May 19 1895
John Brooks lynched Ellaville Florida May 19 1895
Joseph Dazzele lynched St. Bernard Parish Louisiana May 19 1896
1 unidentified black man lynched Seaboard N. Carolina May 19 1904
N/A Whitehead lynched N/A Virginia May 19 1904
MAY 20
Joseph Thornton lynched Wickliffe Kentucky May 20 1889
Presley Oates lynched N/A Arkansas May 20 1897
Amos Randall lynched Mulberry Florida May 20 1903
Henry Gordon lynched Mulberry Florida May 20 1903
Mose Hart lynched Corinth Mississippi May 20 1903
1 unidentified black man lynched Mulberry Florida May 20 1904
Thomas Devert lynched Erwin Tennessee May 20 1918
Dan Anderson lynched Macon Mississippi May 20 1927
MAY 21
James Mitchell lynched Kosciusko Mississippi May 21 1889
Charles Steward lynched Morrillton Arkansas May 21 1892
Serborn Smith lynched Covington Georgia May 21 1892
1 unidentified black man lynched Bossier Par Louisiana May 21 1896
5 unidentified blacks lynched Reidsville Georgia May 21 1907
N/A Norris lynched Lake City Florida May 21 1911
5 unidentified black men lynched Lake City Florida May 21 1911
Benjamin Smith lynched Swainsboro Georgia May 21 1911
MAY 22
Noah Dickson lynched Walnut Grove Alabama May 22 1889
James Jennings lynched N/A Indiana May 22 1891
Grant Anderson lynched Columbus Mississippi May 22 1890
1 unidentified black man lynched Monroe Louisiana May 22 1892
1 unidentified black man lynched Miller Co Georgia May 22 1894
Thomas Linton lynched N/A Georgia May 22 1899
Calvin Kunblern lynched Pueblo Colorado May 22 1900
Dudley Morgan lynched Lansing Texas May 22 1902
William Hopkins lynched New Bainbridge Georgia May 22 1903
Robert Shaw lynched Waitman Kentucky May 22 1905
Joseph Moore lynched Crawfordsville Georgia May 22 1911
Ell Pearson lynched Memphis Tennessee May 22 1917
John Womack lynched Redlevel Alabama May 22 1918
Henry Jackson lynched Miami Florida May 22 1918
MAY 23
1 unidentified black man lynched Bastrop Louisiana May 23 1892
Ephrim Muchlea lynched Hazelhurst Georgia May 23 1893
1 unidentified black man lynched Hazelhurst Georgia May 23 1893
William Brooks lynched Palestine Arkansas May 23 1894
Claude Johnson lynched De Koven Kentucky May 23 1895
1 unidentified black man lynched Rodney Mississippi May 23 1895
William Jones lynched Tyler Texas May 23 1897
Thomas Jackson lynched Blanchard Louisiana May 23 1906
George Younger lynched Columbus Mississippi May 23 1906
1 unidentified black man lynched Choctaw Nation Oklahoma May 23 1906
James Cobb lynched Cordele Georgia May 23 1918
Will Sherod lynched Braggadocio Mississippi May 23 1927
W. C. Lovell lynched Carthage Texas May 23 1933
MAY 24
1 unidentified black man lynched O'Neil Mississippi May 24 1904
Albert Aikens lynched Pine Bluff Arkansas May 24 1909
Sidney Johnson lynched Valdosta Georgia May 24 1918
N/A Wilson lynched Bryan Texas May 24 1922
Willie Reed murdered Bainbridge Georgia May 24 1937
MAY 25
James Williams lynched N/A Florida May 25 1892
1 unidentified black man lynched N/A Florida May 25 1892
William Campbell lynched Pond Creek Oklahoma May 25 1901
1 unidentified black woman and her son age 15 lynched Okemah Oklahoma May 25 1911
James Sweet lynched Gallatin Tennessee May 25 1911
Daniel Davis lynched Tyler Texas May 25 1912
U. G. Tally lynched McNary Louisiana May 25 1916
John Calhoun lynched Barnesville Georgia May 25 1918
MAY 26
Green Wells lynched N/A Tennessee May 26 1891
Garfield King lynched Salisbury Maryland May 26 1898
1 unidentified black man lynched West Point Arkansas May 26 1900
Jesse Matson lynched Calera Alabama May 26 1910
1 unidentified black man lynched Charlotte N. Carolina May 26 1910
Perry Washington lynched N/A Georgia May 26 1919
Jesse Thomas lynched Waco Texas May 26 1922
N/A Williams lynched N/A Florida May 26 1924
N/A Wilson lynched N/A Florida May 26 1924
MAY 27
Albert Martin lynched Port Huron Michigan May 27 1889
James Smith lynched Logan Co West Virginia May 27 1892
Jacob Henson lynched Elliot City Maryland May 27 1895
James Cooper lynched Hemlock Mississippi May 27 1897
Richard Oliver lynched Donaldsonville Georgia May 27 1898
Joseph Mitchell lynched Rives Tennessee May 27 1898
1 unidentified black man lynched Kemp Texas May 27 1903
Charles Wilson lynched Albany Georgia May 27 1910
Jacob Samuels lynched Robertson Co Tennessee May 27 1912
Felix Gilman lynched Prescott Arkansas May 27 1916
Kirby Goolsie lynched Beaumont Texas May 27 1918
MAY 28
Sheriff O.R. Colgrove murdered Jones Co. No. Carolina May 28 1869
1 unidentified black man murdered Jones Co. No. Carolina May 28 1869
1 unidentified black man lynched Woodville Mississippi May 28 1903
30* unidentified blacks murdered East St. Louis Illinois May 28-30 1917
Jay Lynch lynched Lamar Missouri May 28 1919
MAY 29
J. T. Burgis lynched Palatka Florida May 29 1894
Henry Smith lynched Clinton Mississippi May 29 1894
Joseph Kiser lynched Concord No. Carolina May 29 1897
Thomas Johnson lynched Concord No. Carolina May 29 1897
R. T Rogers lynched Tallulah Louisiana May 29 1906
N/A Byrd lynched Brentwood Georgia May 29 1922
1 unidentified black teenager lynched Alamo Tennessee May 29 1929
MAY 30
Robert Weaver lynched N/A Arkansas May 30 1890
Turnip Hampton lynched Claiborne Louisiana May 30 1891
3 unidentified black man lynched Bartow Florida May 30 1895
Frank Reeves lynched Butler Co Alabama May 30 1901
Fred Rochelle lynched Bartow Florida May 30 1901
Joseph Blakely lynched Portland Arkansas May 30 1909
1 unidentified black man lynched New Madrid Missouri May 30 1910
Calif Hill lynched Irwinton Georgia May 30 1949
MAY 31
1 unidentified black man lynched Thomastown Mississippi May 31 1889
David Shaw lynched Gray Court So. Carolina May 31 1892
Heck Willis lynched Lebanon Tennessee May 31 1892
John Wallace lynched Jefferson Springs Arkansas May 31 1893
James Freeman lynched Columbus City Alabama May 31 1895
Jacob McDowell lynched Providence Kentucky May 31 1908
150 unidentified blacks murdered Tulsa Oklahoma May 31 1921
Henry Argo lynched Chickasha Oklahoma May 31 1930

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