Killing of Claude Banks in Mississippi in 1938
Incident
Claude Banks, (1915 - 1938), a farmer, was killed by a posse in Madison County, Mississippi. The armed posse of police and citizens was hunting for a Black man alleged to have committed a robbery against a white man. Banks was driving through town with a friend when his car was stopped by the posse. He was shot and killed.
advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01812-WHITE John (1199859931)
- Clippings by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03753-BANKS Claude (1409275397)
- Correspondence by the NAACP
- Correspondence by the Commission on Interracial Cooperation
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03415-BROOKS George (1404380177)
- Correspondence by the Commission on Interracial Cooperation
- Correspondence by the Commission on Interracial Cooperation
- Correspondence by the Commission on Interracial Cooperation
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03753-BANKS Claude (1409275397)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03753-BANKS Claude (1409275397)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02635-ADAMS Washington (1371814066)
- Scholarly article by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03417-WILLIAMS Elbert (1404466142)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02635-ADAMS Washington (1371814066)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02635-ADAMS Washington (1371814066)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03753-BANKS Claude (1409275397)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02635-ADAMS Washington (1371814066)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03753-BANKS Claude (1409275397)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Correspondence by the Committee on Economic and Racial Justice
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03753-BANKS Claude (1409275397)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03753-BANKS Claude (1409275397)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03753-BANKS Claude (1409275397)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03104-FRAXIER Walter (1398743971)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02635-ADAMS Washington (1371814066)
- News article from the New York Age Press regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : June 10, 1939
- News article from the Madison County Herald regarding the shooting of Claude Banks : July 29, 1938
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : February 24, 1940
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : January 21, 1939
- News article from the New York Amsterdam News regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : August 12, 1939
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : June 10, 1939
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : June 10, 1939
- News article from the New York Times regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : December 31, 1939
- News article from Jackson Daily News about killing of Claude Banks : July 22, 1938
- News article from the America Magazine regarding the lynching situation in the US : June 17, 1939
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : November 5, 1938
- News article from the Press Clipping Bureau regarding the shooting of Claude Banks : March 1940
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : September 17, 1938
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : January 6, 1040
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the anti-lynching bill : July 29, 1939
- News article from the Daily Clarion Ledger regarding the killing of Claude Banks : June 22, 1938
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : September 24, 1938
- News article from the Daily Clarion-Ledger regarding the lynching of Claude Banks : June 23, 1938
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