Killing of Lewis Gordon in Georgia in 1941
Incident
Lewis Gordon (1919-1941), a laborer, was killed by prison warden C.A. Jacobson in Rising Fawn, Dade County, Georgia. According to a published court case, Jacobson forced Gordon and twenty-one other prisoners into an overheated building and kept them there for around seven hours without adequate air and water. Gordon died as a result. Jacobson was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
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- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the death of Lewis Gordon in prison camp sweat box : August 15, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about prison camps and the death of Lewis Gordon in sweat box : September 7, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the conviction of warden in death of Lewis Gordon : December 3, 1941
- News article from the New York Amsterdam News about the death of Lewis Gordon in prison camp sweat box : August 23, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the indictment of warden in death of Lewis Gordon in prison camp sweat box : September 17, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the arrest of Lewis and Trump Gordon : November 7, 1939
- News article from the Dixon Telegraph about eight black convicts killed by police after prison escape attempts, and the "sweatbox-death" of Lewis Gordon : July 19, 1947
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the death of Lewis Gordon in prison camp sweat box : August 16, 1941
- News article from the Tampa Times about the "sweatbox-death" of Lewis Gordon : September 12, 1942
- News article from the New York Times about the death of Lewis Gordon in prison camp sweat box : August 15, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about inhumane conditions in prison camps; mentions the deaths of Lewis Gordon and Flam Belle : August 23, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the indictment of warden in death of Lewis Gordon : September 16, 1941
- News article from the Cleveland Call and Post about the death of Lewis Gordon in prison camp sweat box : August 23, 1941
- News article from the Chicago Defender about inhumane conditions in prison camps; mentions the deaths of Lewis Gordon and Flam Belle : August 23, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the indictment of warden in death of Lewis Gordon : September 16, 1941
- News article from the Daily Worker about the death of Lewis Gordon in prison camp sweat box : August 19, 1941
- News article from the Arizona Republic about prison camp reforms taking place in Georgia, and the "sweatbox-death" of Lewis Gordon : December 12, 1943
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about inhumane conditions in prison camps : August 17, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the death of Lewis Gordon in prison camp sweat box : August 15, 1941
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about inhumane conditions in prison camps; mentions the deaths of Lewis Gordon and Flam Belle : August 23, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about investigation of Georgia's prison system; mentions the death of Lewis Gordon in sweat box : August 17, 1941
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the recommendation of the abolition of sweat boxes after the death of Lewis Gordon in prison camp sweat box : August 16, 1941
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