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The lynching of Willie Earle took place in Greenville, South Carolina on February 16, 1947, when Earle, a 24-year-old black man, was arrested, taken from his jail cell and murdered. It is considered the last racially motivated lynching to occur in South Carolina.
This is a list of law enforcement officers convicted for an on-duty killing in the United States.The listing documents the date the incident resulting in conviction occurred, the date the officer(s) was convicted, the name of the officer(s), and a brief description of the original occurrence making no implications regarding wrongdoing or justification on the part of the person killed or ...
Shaare Zedek Synagogue founded. 1906 Racquet Club of St. Louis founded. Statue of Louis IX of France unveiled in Forest Park. 1908 Aero Club of St. Louis incorporated. [43] Aeronautic Supply Company in business. [43] St. Louis Coliseum re-built. [2] Fairground Park established. [30] 1909 – October: City centennial. 1910 – Population ...
The sport of baseball began to be played in the years following the Civil War; a team known as the St. Louis Brown Stockings was founded in 1875. [156] The Brown Stockings were a founding member of the National League and became a hometown favorite, defeating the Chicago White Stockings (later the Chicago Cubs) in their opener on May 6, 1875. [157]
With the passage of Prohibition in 1920, control of St. Louis's illegal bootlegging operations became a major power struggle between the seven different ethnic gangs: the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, the Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Shelton Gang and the Cuckoos all fighting to control illegal rackets in the St. Louis area. [1]
South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years for the murder of a convenience store clerk in 1997.. Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, 46, died by lethal injection on Friday ...
Chris Brown's 2009 arrest for physically assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna was just the beginning of his ongoing legal issues. Brown rose to stardom after releasing his studio album in 2005. His ...
Carter, David C. (May 20, 2003). "The Lynching of Postmaster Frazier Baker and His Infant Daughter Julia in Lake City, South Carolina, in 1898 and its Aftermath". African-Americans and South Carolina: History, Politics, and Culture. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Cleveland Gazette. "The Murder of Postmaster Baker". History Matters