Lynching of Richard Dickerson

Quando

7 de mar. de 1904

Tipo

Tumulto

Coordenadas

39.92° N, 83.81° W

Description

African American lynching and riot

1904 lynching and riot targeting African Americans in the U.S. state of Ohio

The lynching of Richard Dickerson took place in Springfield, Ohio, on March 7, 1904. Dickerson was an African American man arrested for the fatal shooting of a white police officer, Charles B. Collis. A mob broke into the jail and seized and lynched Dickerson. Riots and attacks on black-owned businesses followed.

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