Lynching of Jesse Thomas
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Lynching of Jesse Thomas
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Jesse Thomas was a 23-year-old, African-American man who was murdered in Waco, McLennan County, Texas by Sam Harris on May 26, 1922. A large mob then seized the body from the undertaker and burnt it in Waco's public square. The lynching of Jesse Thomas was the 10th lynching in 20-days in Texas and according to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 30th of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Jesse_Thomas
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2024-04-16T04:57:32Z
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