Killing of Ernest Thomas in Florida in 1949
Incident
Ernest Thomas, a veteran, was killed in 1949 by a “posse” of police officers in Perry, Taylor County, Florida. Thomas was hunted down and shot to death as one of four Black men accused of raping a young woman, and beating and robbing her husband. The alleged rape incident set off a reign of white mob violence against Black neighborhoods and businesses. Hundreds of Blacks were displaced.
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advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03960-SHEPHERD Samuel (1412030777)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02239-JUGGER Ocie (1321716286)
- NAACP: 2022-04138-THOMAS Ernest (1419785311)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03960-SHEPHERD Samuel (1412030777)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03960-SHEPHERD Samuel (1412030777)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03783-MALCOLM Mrs. Roger (1409636537)
- NAACP: 2022-04138-THOMAS Ernest (1419785311)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03960-SHEPHERD Samuel (1412030777)
- NAACP: 2022-04138-THOMAS Ernest (1419785311)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03960-SHEPHERD Samuel (1412030777)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02206-JOHNSON James (1317272941)
- NAACP: 2022-04138-THOMAS Ernest (1419785311)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00469-BROOKS Roy Cyril (1042390961)
- NAACP: 2022-04138-THOMAS Ernest (1419785311)
- NAACP: 2022-04138-THOMAS Ernest (1419785311)
- NAACP: 2022-04138-THOMAS Ernest (1419785311)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03960-SHEPHERD Samuel (1412030777)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03952-JONES Moses (1411980572)
- NAACP: 2022-04138-THOMAS Ernest (1419785311)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03960-SHEPHERD Samuel (1412030777)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03809-NIXON Issac (1410001277)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03960-SHEPHERD Samuel (1412030777)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03783-MALCOLM Mrs. Roger (1409636537)
- News article from the New Journal and Guide about the killing of Ernest Thomas and case against Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin and Charles Greenlee : September 17, 1949
- News article from the Los Angeles Sentinel about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 28, 1949
- News article from the New Journal and Guide about the killing of Ernest Thomas : August 6, 1949
- News article from the Philadelphia Tribune about the killing of Ernest Thomas and case against Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin and Charles Greenlee : September 13, 1949
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 29, 1949
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the killing of Ernest Thomas and unrest in Florida : July 31, 1949
- News article from the Los Angeles Times about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 27, 1949
- News article from the New Journal and Guide about the killing of Ernest Thomas : August 6, 1949
- News article from the New York Amsterdam News about the case of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 10, 1949
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee seeking new trial; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 17, 1949
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 27, 1949
- News article from the Washington Post about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 27, 1949
- News article from the Chicago Daily Tribune about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 27, 1949
- News article from the Philadelphia Tribune about the killing of Ernest Thomas and conviction of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin and Charles Greenlee : September 17, 1949
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 27, 1949
- News article from the Philadelphia Tribune about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 30, 1949
- News article from the Chicago Defender about the case of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 10, 1949
- News article from the Philadelphia Tribune about the killing of Ernest Thomas and case against Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin and Charles Greenlee : September 10, 1949
- News article from the Philadelphia Tribune about the killing of Ernest Thomas and beating of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin and Charles Greenlee : August 6, 1949
- News article from the Chicago Daily Tribune about the case of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 3, 1949
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about the conviction of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 10, 1949
- News article from the Chicago Defender about the case of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 10, 1949
- News article from the Chicago Daily Tribune about the case of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 2, 1949
- News article from the Lost Angeles Sentinel about the case of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 15, 1949
- News article from the New Journal and Guide about the killing of Ernest Thomas and case against Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin and Charles Greenlee : September 10, 1949
- News article from the Cleveland Call and Post about the killing of Ernest Thomas : August 6, 1949
- News article from the New York Times about the killing of Ernest Thomas as well as the sentencing of three other men in connection with a rape of a woman : September 9, 1949
- News article from the Chicago Daily Tribune about the case of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 5, 1949
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about the killing of Ernest Thomas : August 6, 1949
- News article from the Chicago Daily Tribune about the case of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 4, 1949
- News article from the New York Times about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 27, 1949
- News article from the Chicago Defender about the case of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 3, 1949
- News article from the New York Times about the killing of Ernest Thomas : July 29, 1949
- News article from the Boston Globe about the conviction of Samuel Shepherd, Walter Irwin, and Charles Greenlee; Ernest Thomas, who was lynched before the trial, was the fourth suspect : September 4, 1949
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