The Case of Jesse Washington - DO NOT EDIT

 

Author: Elizabeth Barnes

Students will analyze the lynching of a young boy after his questionable conviction for the murder of a woman Waco cotton farm. His violent murder became the battle cry for the NAACP's campaign to usher in a national anti-lynching law.

Keywords: Waco; local history; NAACP; lynching; Jesse Washington; Jim Crow; segregation,anti-lynching campaign;

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    Students will analyze the lynching of a young boy after his questionable conviction for the murder of a woman on a Waco cotton farm. His violent murder became the battle cry for the NAACP's campaign to usher in a national ...

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    Students will analyze the lynching of a young boy after his questionable conviction for the murder of a woman on a Waco cotton farm. His violent murder became the battle cry for the NAACP's campaign to usher in a national ...

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