What the records say
- When
- 1922
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 31.55° N, 97.15° W
- Description
- 1922 lynching in Waco, Texas, U.S
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Placed at the town its description names, Waco.
Lynching of Jesse Thomas
1922 lynching in Waco, Texas, U.S.
Jesse Thomas was a 23-year-old, African-American man who was murdered in Waco, McLennan County, Texas by Sam Harris on May 26, 1922. A large mob then seized the body from the undertaker and burnt it in Waco's public square.
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