By Lynching in Texas Staff
City: Yarborough, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: UnknownAge of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: UnknownManner of Death: UnknownSource of Information: NAACP 30 Years of LynchingUnconfirmed by national…

By Lynching in Texas Staff
City: Plantersville, Texas County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: UnknownAlleged Crime: RapeManner of Death: Hanged and shotSource of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching, Equal Justice…

By Lynching in Texas Staff
City: Plantersville, TexasCounty: Grimes CountyRace or Ethnicity of Victim: BlackGender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: About 25Alleged Crime: Attempted Assault Manner of Death: HangedSource of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching

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

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

By Lynching in Texas Staff
City: Anderson, TexasCounty: Grimes CountyRace or Ethnicity of Victim: Black Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown Alleged Crime: Murder Manner of Death: HangedSource of Information: Chicago Tribune

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 Lynching in Texas Staff
City: Iola, Texas  County: Grimes County Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black  Gender of Victim: Male Age of Victim: Unknown  Alleged Crime: Murder  Manner 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…