Killing of Dan Carter Sanders in North Carolina in 1946
Incident
Dan Carter Sanders, 26, a sawmill worker and WWII veteran, was killed in 1946 by Bobby Johnson, age 16, in Johnston County, North Carolina. Sanders and an unidentified person had allegedly stolen hound dogs from Johnson’s yard, frightening Johnson’s mother. Johnson, his father Robert Johnson, Lester Phillips, Russell Hatcher, and R.H. Stephenson organized to go after Sanders on foot and by car. As Sanders fled from them, Johnson fatally shot him. Grand jury declined to indict. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
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- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier about victims of lynching : June 14, 1947
- Photos from Johnston County Heritage Center
- News article from the Carolina Times regarding the lynching of Dan Carter Sanders : June 18, 1938
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- News article from the Greensboro Daily News regarding the lynching of Dan Carter Sanders
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- Photos from Johnston County Heritage Center
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