The Newberry 1919 lynching attempt was the attempted lynching of Elisha Harper, Newberry, South Carolina on July 24, 1919. Harper was sent to jail for insulting a 14-year-old girl.
Old Court House of Newberry, SC
Washington race riot of 1919
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The Washington race riot of 1919 was civil unrest in Washington, D.C. from July 19, 1919, to July 24, 1919. Starting July 19, white men, many in the armed forces, responded to the rumored arrest of a
Newberry 1919 lynching attempt
…massacre in Arkansas, where an estimated 100 to 240 black people and 5 white people were killed. Also occurring in 1919 were the Chicago Race Riot and Washington D.C. race riot which killed 38 and 39 people respectively, and with both having many more non-fatal injuries and extensive property damage reaching up into the millions…
Coverage of the riots in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 1919
Soldiers in a truck on the way to the Washington race riot
Members of the U.S. 3rd Cavalry sent to quell rioting in D.C. in July 1919