Victims

Garfield King

Simeon Garnet

Zachariah Walker

George Smith

Henry Corbin

Samuel “Mingo Jack” Johnson

Sidney Randolph

Henry Howard

Obituary

Henry Howard arrived in Coshocton, Ohio, on June 18th, 1885. Originally from Florida, he was looking for work and found a job in the mines on his first day in town, the Coshocton Age newspaper reported.  The following evening, unaware that local residents were hunting for an unidentified Black man accused of sexually assaulting two […] [Read Full Obituary >]

William Brown

Fred Alexander

Obituary

“Will you let me shake hands with all my friends?” Fred Alexander’s words rang out in the air before the flames engulfed him. It was January 15, 1901 in Leavenworth, Kansas and Alexander was known as a young man who had many friends around the town where he was born and raised. He lived with […] [Read Full Obituary >]