Lynching of Jim and Mark Fox

Jim and Mark Fox were two African-American brothers, who were murdered in Louisville, Mississippi, in 1927. On June 13, 1927, a mob of 1,000 white men from Louisville lynched two African-Americans, Jim and Mark Fox.[1] In the aftermath of the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, the Fox brothers were working in or for a Red Cross camp, and got into an argument with a white sawmill superintendent, allegedly killing him.[2] The argument apparently concerned work hours. The two brothers were seized by a crowd and paraded through Louisville; then they were tied to a telephone pole, doused in gasoline, and burned alive.[3] An onlooker who tried to help them was pulled away by the crowd.[4]

References
  1. "Mob Burns Two Blacks At Stake". Miami News-Record. June 13, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  2. Parrish, Susan Scott (2018). The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History. Princeton University Press. p. 46. ISBN 9780691182940.
  3. "MOB BURNS II NEGROES AT STAKE", Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, New Jersey, June 14, 1927, pg. 13
  4. "White Attempts in Vain to Rescue Victims". The New York Times. June 14, 1927. p. 180. ISBN 9780933121188.
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