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Pittsboro Mississippi Negro lynching...



Item # 570107

August 06, 1935

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 6, 1935.

* Bodie Bates negro lynching
* Pittsboro MS Mississippi


This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on the back page (pg. 38):

* MISSISSIPPI NEGRO IS LYNCHED BY MOB
* Body is Found Hanging Under a Bridge After Calhoun County Jail is Forced


Tells of the lynching of Bodie Bates in Pittsboro, Mississippi.

Other news of the day throughout. Light browning, otherwise good.

Category: The 20th Century