The Waco Horror
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Title
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The Waco Horror
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Description
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The article described the mob lynching of a seventeen year old African American named Jesse Washington on May 15, 1916 in Waco, Texas. Jesse was accused of murder and found guilty but prior to his sentencing within the packed courtroom a mob drug him out of the building, stabbed him multiple times, cut off his fingers when he tried to grab the chain tied to him, lynched him, and then set his body on fire. Many citizens gathered at the square and partook in the mayhem. The crowd mutilated the body once he died and collected souvenirs from the event. Stories like The Waco Horror took place across America and represented illegal actions and the lack of the due process provided to African Americans who lived under the Jim Crow laws of the south. The article concluded indicating that 2,843 African American men were lynched between 1885 and 1916.
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Subject
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Lynching of Jesse Washington in 1916, Waco, Texas.
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Publisher
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Anonymous. The Waco Horror - Supplementt to the Crisis 1919
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Date
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1916-07
