This blog started as an attempt to find a lynching for every day of the year. It is a grim part of United States history that I fear too many find easy to shrug away. After two years, I am now focusing on finding more information on the lynchings I have covered as well as posting about lynchings I have not, regardless of excuse given for the lynching.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
September 20, 1916: Henry White
Another short posting. The following article was published in The Allentown Leader (Allentown, Pennsylvania) dated September 21, 1916:
Negro Lynched for Assault.
Durham, Ga., Sept. 21.—Henry White a negro was lynched here for an assault upon a white girl. The negro was taken from officers by the mob and strung up after being identified by his victim. He confessed.
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