Racial Conflict – Lynchings
Lynching of Laura and L.D. Nelson (1911)
Laura and L.D. Nelson were a mother and son who were dragged from a jail and lynched in Oklahoma, on...
Isadore Banks (1895 – 1954)
Isadore Banks was a 59-year-old African American landowner who disappeared on June 4, 1954. Banks was born on July 15,...
Little River County Race War (1899)
The Little River County Race War began in March 1899 in southwestern Arkansas and quickly spilled over into neighboring northeastern...
Joel Woodson (?-1918)
Joel Woodson of Omaha, Nebraska was lynched by a mob in Green River, Wyoming on December 10, 1918 at the...
Wade Hampton (?-1917)
Wade Hampton was a Wyoming lynching victim. He was taken from the Rock Springs city jail by three men who...
Empire, Wyoming (1908-1930)
Empire, Wyoming was an African American community founded in 1908 by Charles and Rosetta Speese along with three of Charles’...
Joseph (Joe) Martin (?-1904)
Joseph (Joe) Martin, an African American man, was lynched by a mob of three hundred white men in Laramie, Wyoming...
The Lynching of Joe Coe, 1891
Joe Coe, whose official name was George Smith, was an African-American man who lived in Omaha, Nebraska. Coe was a...
The Duluth Lynchings (1920)
By the 1920s lynchings of African Americans had become a standard practice across the nation. The multiple lynchings in Duluth, Minnesota, however, represent...
