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  2. Lynching of Jesse Washington - Wikipedia

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    Jesse Washington was a seventeen-year-old African American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of lynching. Washington was convicted of raping and murdering Lucy Fryer, the wife of his employer in rural Robinson, Texas .

  3. Fred Gildersleeve - Wikipedia

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    On May 15, 1916, a guilty verdict and a death sentence were announced at Waco's courthouse for Jesse Washington, a seventeen-year-old black farmhand, in complicity of the murder of Lucy Fryer, who was found dead seven days earlier. Attendees crowded the courthouse and sidewalks in anticipation of the trial; the crowd of about 2,000 spectators ...

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  5. File:Lynching of Jesse Washington, 1916.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: Large crowd looking at the burned body of Jesse Washington, 18 year-old African American, lynched in Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916. Date: 15 May 1916: Source :

  6. File:Lynching of Jesse Washington, 1916 (cropped).jpg

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  7. Editor’s Note: This news story contains details about alleged child abuse. If you know or suspect that anyone under 18 is being sexually or physically abused, call the Texas child abuse hotline ...

  8. A man was lynched yesterday flag - Wikipedia

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    A campaign against the practice was launched after the 1916 lynching of Jesse Washington in Waco, Texas. The NAACP published graphic photographs of the lynching and raised $20,000 to be used to pursue the ends of justice. [1] The NAACP first flew the flag on September 8, 1936, to mark the lynching of A. L. McCamy in Dalton, Georgia.

  9. These are America's healthiest cities - AOL

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    SmartAsset ranked 100 of the largest U.S. cities based on 10 health factors, including self-reported physical and mental well-being, obesity, smoking, drinking, air pollution, sleep quality, and more.