Killing of Grafton Page in Louisiana in 1934
Incident
Grafton Page, 30, a worker for a gas distributing system, was allegedly beaten to death in 1934, by “members of his own race” in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Page was alleged to have insulted a Black girl who had been out riding with him, according to NAACP files. Deputy Sheriff W.G. Frye reported that he would make “no effort to locate the lynchers,” according to newspaper accounts.
advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04038-PAGE Grafton (1413606812)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04038-PAGE Grafton (1413606812)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02328-MCCLOUD Andrew (1331109766)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04038-PAGE Grafton (1413606812)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02149-JENKINS Fell (1313190421)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02135-SYLVE Pierre (1312178866)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02906-BELL Ernest (1385476591)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02328-MCCLOUD Andrew (1331109766)
- News article from an unidentified newspaper regarding the lynching of Grafton Page
- Media_Newspaper articles
- Media_Newspaper articles
- Journalism: 2022-04038-PAGE Grafton (1413606812)
- News article from an unidentified newspaper regarding the lynching of Grafton Page
- Journalism: 2022-04038-PAGE Grafton (1413606812)
- News article from an unidentified newspaper regarding the lynching of Grafton Page
- News article from an unidentified newspaper regarding the lynching of Grafton Page
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