People's Grocery lynchings
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The People's Grocery lynchings of 1892 occurred on March 9, 1892, in Memphis, Tennessee, when black grocery owner Thomas Moss and two of his workers, Will Stewart and Calvin McDowell, were lynched by
People's Grocery, Memphis Tennessee, c. 1890
Le Petit Journal 7 Oct 1906
John Brown's Body
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"John Brown's Body", originally known as "John Brown's Song", is a United States marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was popular in the Union during the American Civil War. The s
People's Grocery lynchings
…presiding minister for the crowd to sing the then de facto national anthem, "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)" was refused in protest, and the song, "John Brown's Body" was substituted. The widespread violence and particularly the murder of her friends drove Wells to research and document lynchings and their causes…
Original publication of the text of the "John Brown Song" in 1861
Cover of an 1861 sheet music score for "John Brown's Song"
Sheet music for "Brave McClellan is Our Leader Now", with words by Mrs. M.A. Kidder, set to the Glory Hallelujah tune and also including "the famous John Brown's song", 1862
Black soldiers, led by white officers, singing "John Brown's Body" as they march into Charleston, South Carolina, in February 1865