American Lynching: Roll Call of Victims of Vigilante Mobs


	American Lynching: Roll Call of Victims of Vigilante Mobs

zizzy

8-8-2008 4:09 PM

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Dan Davis, 1912
Leo Frank, 1915
Jesse Washington, 1916
The Porvenir Massacre, 1918
Kirven, Texas 1922
Rosewood, Florida 1923
Marion Indiana, 1930
Henry Argo, 1930
Cleo Wright, 1942
Emmett Till, 1955
Mack Charles Parker, 1959

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8-8-2008 11:34 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/65a9382b-e57e-4e85-840f-41afe7d9c6b1/12280567-5718-4106-80C4-192873FDDE83/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html" href="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.americanlynching.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><FONT size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#999999">The
practice of lynching has been part of American history since
before America was a nation. Early victims included eccentrics
guilty of being different, those who were accused or suspected
of violating prevalent societal mores, and Native Americans of
all ages and various tribal groups.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ff0000">John
        Billington, 1630</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><DIV>Unknown
Native American, 1642</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><DIV>Thomas Hellier, 1678</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><DIV>John
        Jenkins, 1851</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><DIV>Josepha,
1851</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><DIV>John
The Slave, 1859</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><DIV>Saxe
        Joiner, 1865</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><P align="left" class="MsoNormal"><A name="1880"></A><B><FONT size="4" face="Verdana" color="#ff0000">A
      Lynching In Denver's Chinatown, 1880</FONT></B><FONT color="#808080"><O:P _moz-userdefined="">
      </O:P>
      </FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><H3 align="left">
<A name="1889"></A><FONT face="Verdana" color="#ff0000">The Lynching of<SPAN>
        </SPAN>Katsu Goto, 1889</FONT></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><P align="left" class="MsoNormal">
<A name="1891"></A><B><FONT size="4" face="Verdana" color="#ff0000">New
        Orleans, 1891</FONT></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><FONT color="#999999"><O:P _moz-userdefined="">
        </O:P>
        </FONT><FONT size="2" face="Verdana" color="#999999"><B>The fate of
        numerous Italian Americans was no different than that of other ethnic
        groups targeted by lynch mobs. The most infamous lynching of Italians
        occurred on March 14, 1891 in New Orleans. This event claimed eleven
        victims and was one of the largest multiple lynchings in American
        history.</B></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><DIV>Henry
        Smith, 1893</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><DIV>Sam
        Hose, 1899</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><H3 align="left"><A name="kimble"></A><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ff0000">James
Kimble Vardaman, Mississippi Governor</FONT></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><P align="left"><A name="1906"></A><B><FONT size="+1" face="Verdana" color="#ff0000">Ed
        Johnson, 1906</FONT></B></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><P align="left" class="MsoNormal"><A name="1907"></A><FONT size="4" face="Verdana" color="#ff0000"><B>Charles
        City, Iowa</B></FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><H3 align="left"><A name="1910"></A><FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="#ff0000">Antonio
Rodriguez, 1910</FONT></H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.americanlynching.com/infamous-old.html"><DIV>Zachariah
Walker, 1911</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/12280567-5718-4106-80C4-192873FDDE83/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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