The lynching of Jesse Washington is remembered as the ‘Waco Horror,’ for its brutality, long duration, and large public participation. Photo shows the burnt remains of Washington’s body. May 15, 1916.
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Southern jails made money leasing convicts for forced labor in the Jim Crow South
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African American children, Hampton, Virginia. Ca. 1899.
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1919 Chicago Race Riot
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Middle class African American family seated on lawn in Georgia, ca. 1899.
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African American extended family arriving in Chicago from the rural South, ca. 1920
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Waco Horror
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Convicts leased to harvest timber circa 1915, in Florida