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In 1940, Elbert Williams was killed for helping register Black voters in Tennessee — the first known NAACP member slain for civil rights work. A new book revisits his case.
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"Other NAACP members fled Brownsville after the lynching, including Mr. Williams’s wife & one of his sisters.” SOURCE: Remembering Elbert Williams, NAACP Activist Lynched in 1940, posted to https://t.co/i760iFKSWK 06/22/16
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#TodayInBlackHistory 6/20 of 1940 #RIP #ElbertWilliams #NAACP @NAACP leader abducted from his home by #WhiteTerrorists led by the local #BrownsvilleTennessee sheriff! @barbs73 @historianspeaks @Udadisi @queenie4rmnola @NationalSCLC @dijoni @BlackdiasporaV1 https://t.co/vL0A4VTbXV
“More than 4000 racial terror lynchings in 12 Southern states between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and 1950.” SOURCE: Remembering Elbert Williams, NAACP Activist Lynched in 1940, posted to https://t.co/i760iFKSWK 06/22/16
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"Other NAACP members fled Brownsville after the lynching, including Mr. Williams’s wife & one of his sisters.” SOURCE: Remembering Elbert Williams, NAACP Activist Lynched in 1940, posted to https://t.co/i760iFKSWK 06/22/16
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"A jury of 6 white men refused to return any indictments, and no official cause of death was determined." SOURCE: Remembering Elbert Williams, NAACP Activist Lynched in 1940, posted to https://t.co/i760iFKSWK 06/22/16
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1940 June 20: #ElbertWilliams was Lynched
Context: Williams was an organizer for the NAACP in Brownsville, Tennessee killed for his civil rights work.
Facts: “3 days after Williams was abducted […] his body was pulled from the Hatchie River and buried in an unmarked grave."
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“More than 4000 racial terror lynchings in 12 Southern states between the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and 1950.” SOURCE: Remembering Elbert Williams, NAACP Activist Lynched in 1940, posted to https://t.co/i760iG1VYK 06/22/16
#ElbertWilliams
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"Other NAACP members fled Brownsville after the lynching, including Mr. Williams’s wife & one of his sisters.” SOURCE: Remembering Elbert Williams, NAACP Activist Lynched in 1940, posted to https://t.co/i760iG1VYK 06/22/16
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"A jury of 6 white men refused to return any indictments, and no official cause of death was determined." SOURCE: Remembering Elbert Williams, NAACP Activist Lynched in 1940, posted to https://t.co/i760iG1VYK 06/22/16
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1940 June 20: #ElbertWilliams was Lynched
Context: Williams was an organizer for the NAACP in Brownsville, Tennessee killed for his civil rights work.
Facts: “3 days after Williams was abducted […] his body was pulled from the Hatchie River and buried in an unmarked grave."
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June 1940 Elbert Williams, NAACP Sec., abducted & lynched after members tried to register to vote in TN. He is the 1st known member of the NAACP to be lynched. (EJI)They’ve always tried to keep us from the ballot box stay the course. Your vote is power. #FreshResists
#TodayInBlackHistory 6/20 #RIP #ElbertWilliams #NAACP leader taken from his home by #WhiteTerrorists led by the local sheriff in #BrownsvilleTennessee @barbs73 @historianspeaks @queenie4rmnola @dijoni @NAACP @clnfairfax @BlackdiasporaV1 @NationalSCLC See: https://t.co/vL0A4VTbXV
#BlackHistory #otd 6/20 #RIP #ElbertWilliams @NAACP #Lynched leader, killed by #WhiteTerrorists in #TN @GRevmgbrown4 @nhannahjones @historianspeaks @clnfairfax @desalinationnow @uniqueloves @DarlingEbony @ChocolatiereP @MichaelCoard @Sifill_LDF @KayJo2015 @MsSpice9 @AfWrldNwPrj
#TodayInBlackHistory 6/20 #RIP #ElbertWilliams the #Lynched #NAACP leader who #WhiteTerrorists abducted from his home, led by the local sheriff in #BrownsvilleTennessee Thx @eji_org! @melanin_network @barbs73 @HistoryHeroes @om3 - see:
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#TodayInBlackHistory 6/20 #RIP #ElbertWilliams the #Lynched #NAACP leader who #WhiteTerrorists abducted from his home, led by the local sheriff in #BrownsvilleTennessee Thx @eji_org! @melanin_network @barbs73 @HistoryHeroes @om3 - see:
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Important case being reopened into who killed TN NAACP member Elbert Williams in 1940. Came across this just today tracking down historical sources about the case and the West TN black freedom struggle. #NAACP #civilrights #ElbertWilliams https://t.co/E3jd34LiFa
An investigation into the 1940 slaying of civil rights worker Elbert Williams in Tennessee is being reopened. An NAACP official has called Williams "the first martyr of the NAACP." https://t.co/BhwSPxq7GT
Okay. So I just did a new scary thing. I was interviewed by the wonderful @rachelnpr . I'm no fancy schmancy public speaker but I spoke my truth. I hope with all my heart I did my slain hero-uncle proud as his cold case was reopened yesterday. #ElbertWilliams #firsttodie
More than 78 years after #civilrights worker #ElbertWilliams' body was found in a Tennessee river, a district attorney announced Wednesday that he is reopening the investigation into the slaying.
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"First To Die: NAACP Martyr #ElBErtWilliams" Author Jim Emison PREsents...
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