Monett has always been known as a nice, peaceful railroad town. However, in 1894, that was disrupted. There were five lynchings in twelve years near the turn of the century in this area, however, only one of these was in Monett. On June 28, 1894 on what seemed to be…
Here lie two criminals, lynched in Wichita Falls Foster Crawford 1862-1896 Elmer “Kid” Lewis 1877-1896 Whether right or wrong, no mercy was shown as the vengeance of this community was quickly delivered for the horrendous crime they committed. May God rest their souls….
In respectful memory of the thousands across America, denied justice by lynching; victims of hatred, prejudice, and ignorance. Between 1880-1946, ~570 Georgians were lynched….
On October 30, 1898, a mob of white men lynched a young Black man named Manly McCauley, only 18 years old, a few miles west of Chapel Hill. Mr. McCauley lived and worked in the same area where he was born on the farm of a white couple named Milton…
From November 9-14, 1898, white mobs in Phoenix lynched at least eight Black men and one Black woman and terrorized Black residents. The November 8 general election was the first since the enactment of the 1895 state constitution, which effectively barred Black people from voting. That morning at the local…
White mobs lynched at least five Black people, including three teenagers, in Anderson County over the course of 17 years. On December 12, 1894, a mob of nearly 500 white men abducted a Black boy named Edward Sullivan from law enforcement and hanged him near Williamston after a white boy…