The Waco Horror: an account of the recent burning of a human being at Waco, Tex. as reported by a special agent of the national Association of the Advancement of Colored People
The Waco Horror: an account of the recent burning of a human being at Waco, Tex. as reported by a special agent of the national Association of the Advancement of Colored People
The Waco Horror: an account of the recent burning of a human being at Waco, Tex. as reported by a special agent of the national Association of the Advancement of Colored People
The Waco Horror: an account of the recent burning of a human being at Waco, Tex. as reported by a special agent of the national Association of the Advancement of Colored People
The Waco Horror: an account of the recent burning of a human being at Waco, Tex. as reported by a special agent of the national Association of the Advancement of Colored People

The Waco Horror: an account of the recent burning of a human being at Waco, Tex. as reported by a special agent of the national Association of the Advancement of Colored People


Permanent ID:
10892
Call number:
E441 .A58 v120 no.2
Date:
July 1916
Image Description:
Item is a supplement to The Crisis published in July 1916 by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.  The piece begins with a introduction to the history and demographics of Waco, Texas.  It then details the lynching of a seventeen year old African American boy named Jesse Washington.  The story is accompanied by pictures of buildings in Waco, the mob, and Washington's immolated body.
Format:
Printed Matter