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The Lynching of Allie Thompson
Identifier: 2018.1.602
Description:
One contemporary and three modern day newspaper articles on the lynching of Charles Allie Thompson and the efforts of his family to visit and care for the family cemetery where he was buried. He was accused of sexually assaulting a young white woman, Leila Sisk, while her husband was serving in the army in France during WWI.
One contemporary and three modern day newspaper articles on the lynching of Charles Allie Thompson and the efforts of his family to visit and care for the family cemetery where he was buried. He was accused of sexually assaulting a young white woman, Leila Sisk, while her husband was serving in the army in France during WWI.