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….
William C. Clifton worked as a cowpuncher on the Diamond L Ranch, where he acquired the nickname “Diamond L Slim.” On March 15, 1903, he shot and killed John W. and Luella Foster Church in the Churches’ homestead cabin on Porcupine Creek. Slim was quarreling with the Churches over money…
Lowndesboro, AL—Enraged whites, jealous over the business success of a Negro are believed to be the lynchers of Elmore Bolling. Bolling, 39, was found riddled with shot gun and pistol shots 150 yards from his general merchandise store. It is believed that more than one person figured in the murder…
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…
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…