Lynching_of_Jim_and_Mark_Fox

Lynching of Jim and Mark Fox

Lynching of Jim and Mark Fox

Lynching of two Black men in Mississippi, 1927

Jim and Mark Fox were two African-American brothers, who were murdered in Louisville, Mississippi, in 1927. On June 13, 1927, a mob of 1,000 white men from Louisville lynched two African-Americans, Jim and Mark Fox.[1] In the aftermath of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the Fox brothers were working in or for a Red Cross camp, and got into an argument with a white sawmill superintendent, allegedly killing him.[2] The argument apparently concerned work hours. The two brothers were seized by a crowd and paraded through Louisville; then they were tied to a telephone pole, doused in gasoline, and burned alive.[3] An onlooker who tried to help them was pulled away by the crowd.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mob Burns Two Blacks At Stake". Miami News-Record. June 13, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  2. [2]
    Parrish, Susan Scott (2018). The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History. Princeton University Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780691182940.
  3. [3]
    "MOB BURNS II NEGROES AT STAKE", Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, New Jersey, June 14, 1927, pg. 13
  4. [4]
    Ginzburg, Ralph (June 14, 1927). "White Attempts in Vain to Rescue Victims". The New York Times. p. 180. ISBN 9780933121188.
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