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Isaiah Nixon, "Negro", lynched for voting...
Isaiah Nixon, "Negro", lynched for voting...
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September 14, 1948
THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 14, 1948.
* Isaiah Nixon, "Negro", lynched for voting
* Alston, Montgomery County, Georgia
* Georgia Democratic primary
The bottom of page 20 has a brief and discrete report with a small one column heading: "Appeals to Georgia Governor" (see image)
Complete with 60 pages, rag edition in great condition.
AI notes: Isaiah Nixon was an African American man from Georgia who became a tragic symbol of racial violence in the Jim Crow era. In 1948, he was killed shortly after exercising his right to vote in a local election. Nixon had voted against a white supremacist candidate, and on the night of the election, he was confronted at his home by white men who threatened him. Despite the danger, he refused to recant or apologize for his vote, and he was shot and killed in front of his family. His death highlighted the extreme risks Black Americans faced when attempting to participate in the democratic process during the segregated South and drew attention to the systemic racial oppression prevalent at the time.
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