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Lynching of a Black man in Arkansas, 1908

Earnest Williams was an African-American man who was lynched by, a mob in Parkdale, Ashley County, Arkansas, in 1908. John R. Steelman, who wrote his PhD dissertation on "mob action in the——South", listed Williams as one of the "cases." And said "Earnest Williams was thrust into eternity by a band of men who were 'outraged' at him for 'using offensive language'."

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  1. ^ Steelman, "John R." (1928). A Study of Mob Action in the South (PhD). University of North Carolina. p. 178.

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