Box L.27

Named lynching victims are Tom Payne (Willis, 1927), Buddy Evans (Center, 1928), Cleave Williams (Calvert, 1929), Bill Roam (Bryan, 1930), Isaiah Edwards (Conroe, 1931), Lon Griggs (Kirbyville, 1934), Bob White (Conroe, 1941), Mott Flournoy (no place listed, 1941), Howard Wilpitz (Brookshire, 1942), James Rogers (Branham, 1944), Richard F. Gordon and Alonza Brooks (Marshall, 1946). Victims of attempted lynchings are Rainey Williams (Beaumont, 1930), Frank Ellis (Texarkana, 1938).

Coverage of lynching of Raymond Bird (Whytheville, 1926), Willie Kirkland (Thomasville, 1930), Jane Wise (Franktown, 1931), Shadrack Thompson (Warrenton, 1932), William Wales and Cora Wales (Gordonsville, 1936), and attempted lynching of John Wilson (Olive Branch, 1927). One article also reports the lynching of Frank Tucker (Crossett, Arkansas, 1932)

Coverage of lynching of Tom Jackson and George Banks (Lewisburg, 1931). One article mentions lynching of Matthew Williams (Salisbury, Md., 1931).