Outlaws & Scorned Women

Texas Lynch Mobs (part 2) - The Sherman Race Riot

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The second (and last) part of our deep-dive into the brutal history of lynch mobs in Texas. Turns out, racism was the key factor. Who knew? (everyone. everyone knew) This story gets real ugly before it gets better, but it does get better. So hit play, and let's find that slim silver lining on the big racist cloud.

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Sources:

  • News 12 Forum: Black History Month (Part 2 - The Sherman Riot of 1930)
  • "Trails of Our Past - the riot of 1930", by Dusty Williams, Van Alstyne Leader
  • Texas State Library and Archives Commission
  • "The Sherman Riot of 1930: major outbreak of racial violence in the United States", by Jae Jones, BlackThen.com
  • "Former Sherman Native Says Events of 1930 Shaped City's History"
  • Durham, William J. - TSHAonline.org
  • Slocum Massacre - TSHAonline.org
  • Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching - TSHAonline.org
  • "How the NAACP Fought Lynching - by using the racists' own pictures against them", by Andrew Belonsky, TheGuardian.com
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