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May 20 • 6 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
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🧵August 15, 1868-Franklin, TN. In what is to believed to be the first lynching of a Jewish person in America; store owner Samuel Bierson was murdered along with Lawrence Bowman, a Black man who was Bierson's clerk. (cont)

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A group of masked men-the KKK, appeared at the front and rear doors of Bierfield's store. They forced him outside and shot Bierfield five times, four times in the head at point-blank range, and then left him for dead in the middle of the street. (cont)

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Bowman was injured in the violence, and later died of his wounds. Another Black man who was present in the store somehow managed to escape. A local newspaper cited that Bierfield was a murdered and deserved his execution. This was of course false(cont)

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while at the same time blaming him for his own death-which was common after lynchings.

In September, John Pogue Jr. was arrested and charged with Bierfield’s murder, on the strength of the eyewitness testimony of one Ed Lyle. However, Judge John Hugh Smith released (cont) Image
The inquest into Bierfield’s death originally stated that there was no sign of malicious intent. That was eventually retracted. Still, and par for the course, no one was ever convicted in the crime.

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*CORRECTION* I erroneously wrote "Bierson" the victim's name in the lead tweet. The correct name is "Bierfield" which I used goinh forward. Sorry if there was any confusion.

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Dallas, TX - On March 10, 1910, Allen Brooks was lynched while awaiting court proceedings. He was accused of raping Mary Beuvens, a young White toddler in late February 1910. He proclaimed his innocence as there was no proof (cont)

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After easily penetrating a human pillar of more than 100 law enforcers, the mob pushed its way through, demolishing doors to overrun the courthouse. A frenzied search for Brooks led to a jury room, where he was discovered hunkered down in a corner. A rope was tied around (cont) Image
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🧵 March 9, 1892, a mob in Memphis, TN lynched Thomas Moss and his business partners Will Stewart and Calvin McDowell. This is historically referred to as The People's Grocery lynching. The incident was a result of the (cont)

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that did not sit well with William Barrett, the other grocer. It all came to a head when two boys (one White, one Black) got into a fight in front of People's Grocery. The White child's father arrived & began beating the Black child. Will Stewart & Calvin McDowell came to (cont) Image
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🧵WARNING! This thread has articles that contain very disturbing and graphic photos. There is no intent to glorify a lynching. This is for educational purposes only.

Jessie Washington was lynched by a mob in Waco, TX on May (cont)

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16, 1916 after his conviction for the murder of Lucy Fryer. As per sources, Washington confessed to the murder; however it was known that he was illiterate. His confession to the murder was coerced. Soon after a jury found him guilty, a mob of up (cont)

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to 2,000 men seized Washington, chained him, beat him and dragged him to the town square, where he was burned. There was a celebratory atmosphere among Whites at the spectacle of the murder, and many children attended during their lunch hour. (cont)

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🧵On the morning of July 29, 1910 in Slocum, TX, several groups made up of 30 to 40 White men indiscriminately murdered Black people. It all began when a white man reportedly attempted to collect a debt from a (cont)

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well-regarded Black citizen, a confrontation occurred. Hard feelings lingered. Rumors spread, warning of threats against Anglo citizens and plans for race riots. On July 29, 1910, White mobs organized and began hunting and shooting Black people (cont)

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as fast as they could find them. Survivors of the bloodshed spread the word, and Blacks began fleeing. The White mobs followed Blacks into the surrounding forests and marshes and shot many victims in the back as they fled. Several bodies were (cont)
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🧵October 3, 1908-Fulton County, Kentucky: A Black land owner named David Walker became involved in a verbal dispute with a White woman who claimed he swore at her; making her upset. Later that evening, a mob of 50 Night Riders (cont)

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arrived at his home. They threatened him and demanded that he come outside, but he refused.

After they set his home on fire, Walker pleaded with them spare the lives of his family. As he stepped outside, he was shot multiple times. His wife, who (cont)

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was carrying their infant child, rushed outside and was met with a fusilade of bullets that killed them both. Three children were the next to die, quickly shot by the mob upon their exit of the house. The eldest son refused to come out and perished (cont)

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🧵By now, you may know of the Red Summer of 1919. Today, we will look at the incident that led to nationwide race riots and massacres; and learn of the Red Summer's first victim, 17 year old Eugene Williams. (cont)

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On July 27, 1919, Eugene Williams, a Black teen, was on a raft in Lake Michigan at 25th Street beach in Chicago. He inadvertently drifted towards a de facto border at 29th Street that separated the white part of the beach from the black part (cont).

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As a response, a white man began throwing rocks at Williams, ultimately hitting him and leading to Williams drowning. The police refused to arrest the man who caused Williams' death resulted in protests and rioting. When the riots ended on August (cont)

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