Killing of Richard Roscoe in Mississippi in 1933
Incident
Richard Roscoe, 38, a farmer, church deacon and veteran, was killed in 1933 in Leflore County, Mississippi. A mob of white men, women and children lynched Roscoe. It was alleged that Roscoe had attacked a farm hand, J. F. Matthews, on the B.G. Humphrey Plantation. The mob fired shots at Roscoe, tied him to the sheriff’s automobile, dragged his body through the streets, and then left his body in front of his home.
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- Advocacy Group: 2020-02149-JENKINS Fell (1313190421)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01829-ROSCOE Richard (1201426696)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02610-PADEN Albert (1371813391)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01801-JETER George (1197587491)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02891-DAVIS Sephus (1384963096)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01812-WHITE John (1199859931)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01829-ROSCOE Richard (1201426696)
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Richard Roscoe : September 23, 1933
- Journalism: 2019-01829-ROSCOE Richard (1201426696)
- News article from the New York Age regarding the lynching of Richard Roscoe : September 22, 1933
- News article from Afro-American about year's lynching total being raised to thirty-one, after six people - including Richard Roscoe - where killed in two months : October 14, 1933
- Journalism: 2019-01829-ROSCOE Richard (1201426696)
- News article from the New York Age about the killing of Richard Roscoe : September 22, 1933
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