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In Mississippi, a white mob lynched two black men.

An unknown party kills “two desperate colored men” as they await the return of their employer.

Race relations devolved into a violent battle in an Alabama town after a black prisoner was arrested.

A white man lynched and continuously tortured an innocent man in Alabama in order to demonstrate that “there is such a thing as punishment after death.”

A white police officer and “colored” soldier are dead as a mob of “colored soldiers” attack a police station in Texas.

Charleston S.C a “prominent part in lynching three Negroes” admits to the killing of his wife whilst “on death's bed.”

A South Carolina Senator attempts to justify lynching saying “All men are not created equal, and the ‘niggers’ are not fit vote. Come what may, the white people of the South will govern their own country.”

An African American community in Indiana warns that “a race war is imminent” after three black men are lynched for the murder of a white man.

An African American community in Indiana warns that “a race was in imminent” after three black men are lynched for the murder of a white man.

After being accused of fatally shooting a white man, three black men are to be lynched in Louisiana.