HIDDEN HISTORY

Killings, Lynchings and Massacres

Lethal Punishment: Lynchings and Legal Executions in the South by Margaret VandiverSource
CHAPTER 2Lethal Punishment in Tennessee and Florida
CHAPTER 5"The First Time a Charge Like This Has Ever Been Tried in the Courts"
The End of Lynching in Marion County Florida (updated)

Report: Orange County ranks 6th in lynchings from 1877-1950 2015 Orlando Sentinel

Lynching Deathsin Florida

The White House Boysis a survivor's orgainization corporation.

1898 Massacre, Wilmington, North Carolina
Insurrection of 1898 Film on Wilmington’s 1898 massacre makes it to big screen

1902 lynching, Newberry, Florida
Two Negro boy's were lynched on September 2nd in Newberry Florida. Mandy Price is a ten year old and Robert Suggs ia a twelve year old. Slides

1906 Atlanta Race Riot, Atlanta, Georgia
Centennial Remembrance Weekend Coalition to Remember the 1906 Atlanta
Regional Councilof Churches of Atlanta

1908 Race Riot, Springfield, Illinois
Springfield, Illinois commemorates the centenary of the Aug. 14-15 race riotof 1908.

1910 Massacre, Slocum, Texas
Texas Massacre

1916 Six Lynchings, Newberry, Florida
Newberry Six Lynchings In Jonesville, lives some descendants of the Newberry Six, four men and two women who were lynched by a mob - one was shot, five were hanged - on Aug. 19, 1916.

The seldom-examined Newberry Six lynchings are an example of a gap in the historical narrative.

The Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Jonesville, Florida Newberry Six lynch victims - Andrew McHenry, Rev. Josh J. Baskins, James Denis and James Dennis (two stones same names?) are buried in The Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Jonesville, Florida. In 1916, it was the African Methodist Episcopal Church, today it is the United Methodist Church, Pleasant Plains Cemetery. List of Stones

1916 Anthony Crawford, Abbeville, South Carolina wealthy farmer lynched
In Abbeville, South Carolina, religious leaders mark the centennial of the South Carolina Lynching. Anthony Crawford's portrait was taken around 1910.

1917 East St. Louis Riots, St. Louis, Missouri
massacres.

1919 Chicago Race Riots, Chicago, Illinois
The1919 Chicago Race Riots was a major racial conflict of violence committed by ethnic whites Americans against black Americans that began in Chicago, Illinois. During the riot, thirty-eight people died and over five hundred were injured. The Story

1920 Ocoee Massacre, Ocoee, Florida, voting rights
Ocoee On Fire: The 1920 Election Day Ocoee Massacre occurred due to voting rights. A quiet Florida citrus town became the scene of a gruesome racial cleansing that purged the entire black population for over 60 years. The Ocoee massacre was a white mob attack on African-American residents in northern Ocoee, Florida, which occurred on November 2, 1920, the day of the presidential election.

The word ‘massacre' has a distinct definition in sociology. The idea of black citizens voting, especially voting Republican, could not be tolerated.

The Late Rev. Fred Maxwell Discusses the Ocoee Race Riot. This is the Story of July Perry of Ocoee. July Perry had become the well-respected godfather of the black community. He served as a deacon in the church and the local labor leader.

1921 Tulsa Massacre, Tulsa, Oklahoma
The history of the Tulsa race massacre that destroyed America’s wealthiest black neighborhood 1921 Tulsa Massacre

1948 Isiah Nixon, Newnan, Georgia, voting rights
Isaiah Nixon was murdered for voting and the killer was acquitted of the murder. Voting Rights 65 Years Ago: Remembering Isaiah Nixon. Hank Klibanoff’s new podcast “Buried Truths” excavates Civil Rights cold case
Civil Rights Restorative Justice Project
Isaiah Nixon was killed in 1948 in Georgia. Pages 9, 10 and Page 17 are from the Northeastern University, School of Law, Civil Rights Restorative Justice Project, the 2013 reference Find a Graveof Isaiah Nixon.

1949 the Killings in Groveland, Florida
Wikipedia Groveland Four
Infamous 1949 Groveland Boys
Were Truly Sorry PDF format

1951 Murders, Mims, Florida
Harry T. Moore & wife killed in Mims, Florida Slides
Harry T. Moore
Harry T. Moore & the Groveland Case
Freedom Never Dies

1952 Ruby McCollum, Live Oaks, Florida, murdered her physician
McCollum film may be shot in Suwannee