Lockland Notes Highlight Local Church, Club Activities
W H Houston resumes duty this week. Hartzel Williams while in Cincinnati. G U O O F anniversary praised. Mrs Bertha Orr shows recovery. Mother's Day services at Christian Church. Mrs H Campbell hosts Triangle Club. Bethel Church to baptize Sunday. Laura Walker of Wilberforce U visits relatives. Rev Wade Thompson from Richmond KY preaches at Mt Zion. Mrs Allen of Elmwood successful with play. Robert George of Dayton visits J Green couple. Lincoln Club entertained by Mrs B Hunter and sister. Hallie S Brown recital drew large audience. Sergt Mitchel Murray from overseas addresses Lincoln Club.
Report shows 3224 lynching deaths in 30 years
New York May 2 In the last 30 years 3224 persons have been put to death by mobs according to a National Association for the Advancement of Colored People report 1889 to 1918. The North 219 victims South 2834 West 156 Alaska and other localities 15 Georgia leads with 386.
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Alaska
Ypsi School to close Negro ward building end of term
Historic Wash tenaw circuit court order requires permanently closing the First ward Negro school in Ypsilanti at term end. The piece traces local schooling from graded system origins to segregated facilities and notes generally calm race relations despite past tensions and census shifts.
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Washtenaw Circuit Court
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Ypsi
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Larzelere
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Huron River
Ypsilanti Union Seminary
Congress Street
Michigan Avenue
Hamilton
First Ward
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Detroit
Chatham
Lynchings by region and victim counts across states
The report ranks states by lynching victims with Mississippi 373, Texas 335, Louisiana 313, Alabama 276, Arkansas 214, Tennessee 196, Florida 178, and Kentucky 169. It notes fifty colored women and 11 white women among victims, with most states in the South. It concludes that most lynchings were not for attacks on women and that the North and West combined account for 21. The southern region recorded 304 victims in the last five years.
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Arkansas
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Florida
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Washington Terrace
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Just Rite Dry Cleaners
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Life’s Pathway
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J. R. Hawley’s
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W. H. Houston
Hartzel Williams
Bertha Orr
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Triangle Club
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Laura Walker
Wilberforce University
Wade Thompson
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Mrs. B. Hunter
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Sergt
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