Lynching of Louis Whitehead: June 11, 1896
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City: Bryan, Texas
County: Brazos County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Unknown
Alleged Crime: Rape
Manner of Death: Hanged, Burned
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
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The lynching of Jim Reddick, Louis Whitehead, and George Johnson on Boonville Road, just east of Bryan.
Source: Prints and Photographs Collection, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin | Date: June 10, 1896
"Three Colored Men Lynched; Taken From a Jail in Texas and Hanged to One Tree."
Source: The North Carolinian (Elizabeth City, North Carolina). | Date: June 11, 1896
"Three Rape Fiends Meet Death at a Mob's Hands."
Source: The Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). | Date: June 11, 1896.