On November 1, 1868, a mob of white men brutally lynched a Black man named Moses Smith in his home in Gordon, a farming community in northern Alachua County. Five white men armed with rifles rode up to Mr. Sith’s cabin, shot at him through the cracks in the walls,…
On Friday, June 16, 1911, a mob of at least 50 white men abducted a Black man named William Bradford from police custody and lynched him near Hickory, Mississippi. The mob riddled Mr. Bradford’s lifeless body with bullets for sport and left it to hang by the roadside – a…
On March 21, 1890, a white mob lynched a 16-year-old Black boy named Robert Mosley near Meridianville. Prior to this death, Robert earned a living working as a farm laborer. On March 20, a white woman related to Robert’s employer accused him of sexual impropriety. News of the unscrutinized accusation…
On November 5, 1918, George Taylor, a Black man, was brutally lynched by a mob of 300 white people near Rolesville. A week prior, a white woman reported being assaulted, and officers arrested Mr. Taylor on the morning of November 5 despite lacking any evidence tying him to the alleged…
Between 1903 and 1934, white mobs terrorized and lynched at least six Black people in Manatee and Sarasota counties. On March 8, 1903, a white mob hanged Henry Thomas near Parriah, leaving his body suspended overnight to instill fear in the entire Black community. White residents took the mere allegation…
On the evening of June 15, 1930, a mob of seven white men lynched a young Black man named Dennis Hubert on the playground of Atlanta’s segregated Crogman School for Black children. Dennis Hubert was 18 years old and a Divinity School student in his sophomore year at Morehouse College…