The 1907 Murder of Lossie Woods by Jesse Williams

A series of articles and documents chronicling the Saturday, March, 16, 1907 murder of 17-18 year-old African American Lossie Woods by 23 year-old white Jesse Williams. Woods, an employee of the fertilizer factory in Florence with a reputation for being "a peaceable boy," having just be...

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Format: Electronic
Published: Project Say Something: The Shoals Black History Collection
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Online Access:https://shoalsblackhistory.omeka.net/items/show/1253