By Lynching in Texas Staff
City: Navasota, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death:  ShotSource of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

By Lynching in Texas Staff
City: Navasota, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Challenging WhitesManner of Death: Hanged Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

By Serena Barbieri
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…