Killing of Dave Harris in Mississippi in 1930
Incident
Dave Harris, 35, a tenant farmer, was killed by a mob in 1930 in Bolivar County, Mississippi. Harris was accused of shooting and killing 17-year-old Clayton Funderberg, white, who had accused Harris of stealing groceries from the Funderberg farm. Harris was taken by the mob, bound to to a tree and shot. A deputy sheriff declared there would likely be no inquest or investigation into Harris’ killing.
advocacy group resources
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03382-HARRIS Dave (1404124997)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03382-HARRIS Dave (1404124997)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02884-MINCEY C.C. (1384923901)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02884-MINCEY C.C. (1384923901)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02884-MINCEY C.C. (1384923901)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03382-HARRIS Dave (1404124997)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02610-PADEN Albert (1371813391)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01800-JENKINS Dan (1197585211)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01878-ROAN William (1208295871)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01878-ROAN William (1208295871)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02884-MINCEY C.C. (1384923901)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02884-MINCEY C.C. (1384923901)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02884-MINCEY C.C. (1384923901)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02884-MINCEY C.C. (1384923901)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03382-HARRIS Dave (1404124997)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03382-HARRIS Dave (1404124997)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02884-MINCEY C.C. (1384923901)
- Dave Harris_NAACP
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier about six workers being arrested after protesting the deaths of J. H. Wilkins, Jimmie Lavino, Robert Burney, Dave Harris, Allen Green, Chester Fugate and Laura Wood : May 31, 1930
- News article from the Philadelphia Tribune about the shooting of Dave Harris : May 1, 1930
- Dave Harris_Racial Murders-NYT
- News article from the South China Morning Post about the deaths of Dave Harris and Allen Green at the hands of mobs : May 19, 1930
- News article from the Oklahoma Black Dispatch about the shooting of Dave Harris after his capture by a mob : May 1, 1930
- News article from the Boston Globe about the shooting of Dave Harris : April 24, 1930
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier about the deaths of Dave Harris and Allen Green at the hands of mobs : May 10, 1930
- News article from the New York Amsterdam News about the shooting of Dave Harris after he was captured by a mob : April 30, 1930
- News article from the New York Times about the deaths of Dave Harris and Allen Green at the hands of mobs : April 24, 1930
- News article from the Norfolk Journal and Guide about the deaths of Dave Harris and Allen Green at the hands of mobs : May 3, 1930
- News article from the Chicago Defender about the deaths of Dave Harris and Allen Green at the hands of mobs : May 3, 1930
- News article from the Washington Post about the shooting of Dave Harris : April 24, 1930
- News article from the Chicago Tribune about the shooting of Dave Harris : April 24, 1930
- News article from the Los Angeles Times about the shooting of Dave Harris : April 30, 1931
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier about the shooting of Dave Harris after his capture by a mob : May 3, 1930
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