Murder

lynching of Jim and Mark Fox

13 Jun 1927 · 33.12° N, 89.06° W

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When
13 Jun 1927
Kind
Murder
Coordinates
33.12° N, 89.06° W
Description
lynching in 1927, in Louisville, Mississippi, United States

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Lynching of Jim and Mark Fox

1927 killing of two Black men in Mississippi

Jim and Mark Fox were two African-American brothers, who were murdered in Louisville, Mississippi, in 1927. On June 13, 1927, a mob of 1,000 white men from Louisville lynched two African-Americans, Jim and Mark Fox. In the aftermath of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the Fox brothers were working in or for a Red Cross camp, and got into an argument with a white sawmill superintendent, allegedly killing him.

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