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Dozens of African-Americans became defendants in hastily convened murder trials that used incriminating testimony coerced through torture, and 12 men were sentenced to death. Jury deliberations...
6 hours ago · ATLANTA - Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee has dismissed two charges against former President Donald Trump and an additional charge against one of his co-defendants in the Georgia ...
Sep 29, 2023 · A 17-year-old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering 15-year-old Elianne Andam in south London. The boy, who cannot legally be named because of his age, is also charged with possessing...
Mar 14, 2024 · Elianne Andam, 15, was attacked on Wellesley Road, Croydon, in September as she made her way to school, the Old Bailey heard. The teenage boy, who cannot be named because of his age, pleaded guilty...
Dec 11, 2022 · A dozen Black men were convicted of murder by all-white juries in connection with the 1919 massacre in Elaine, Ark. Above, defendants S.A. Jones, Ed Hicks, Frank Hicks, Frank...
The Elaine massacre occurred on September 30 – October 2, 1919, at Hoop Spur in the vicinity of Elaine in rural Phillips County, Arkansas where African Americans were organizing against peonage and abuses in tenant farming. As many as several hundred African Americans and five white men were killed. [4]
Jun 16, 2023 · Frank Moore was one of twelve African-American men accused of murder and sentenced to death following the Elaine Massacre of 1919; his name was attached to the U.S. Supreme Court case of Moore v. Dempsey.
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