City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 22 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Shot Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 24 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 40 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Shot  Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 25 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 24 Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

City: Hemphill, Texas County: Sabine County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 22  Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

City: Atlanta, Texas County: Cass County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Rape Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

City: Longview, Texas County: Gregg County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 20 Alleged Crime: Insulting a white girl Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

City: Conroe, Texas County: Montgomery County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: 18 Alleged Crime: Attempted Rape Manner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

On March 8, 1908, dawn arrived in Navasota, just as it did every morning. The fields that surrounded the East Texas town had begun to fill with bluebonnets, and local citizens prepared for a beautiful spring day. Yet the appearance of normality…