Incident
Who were the 2 men that were lynched?
Thomas Shipp & Abram Smith
Who traveled to Marion to investigate?
NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
When was Tomas born?
1912
When was Abram Smith born?
1911
How long were the 2 individuals left being hung.
Several Hours
How many suspects were arrested before the lynching happened?
3
James Cameron founded how many chapters of the NAACP in Indiana?
4
What did he do for work?
Tommy worked at the Malleable foundry
How old was he when he was killed?
18
How many people showed up at the hanging site?
Thousands of white men, women, and children
What were the 3 suspects charged for?
Robbing, Raping, Murdering a white factory worker named Claude Deeter.
What was reproduced on postcards and circulated around the US?
Photos of the Lynchings
Out of the other 2 boys, who did he go to school with?
James Cameron
How old was James when he survived the beatin/lynching?
16
Why were these individuals left up there for so long?
To be set as a warning and to strike fear within black people.
What occurred on the night when the 3 suspects were arrested?
A large crowd broke into the jail with sledgehammers, beating them and hanging them.
How did these lynchings open up the eyes of the US people?
When people realized that things of this nature can happen just as common as in the north as in the south.
What was his 2 nicknames growing up?
Jim and Apples
What was James tried for in court?
Charged for murder,and was convicted of being an accesory
What happened when the sheriff cut the ropes from the tree?
The crowd rushed forward to take parts of the men's bodies as souvenirs.
What happened to Abram Smith and the 3rd suspect
Abram broke free from the noose and was then beaten and had both of his arms and legs broken so that he couldn't prevent the lynching. The third suspect, a 16-year-old boy, was saved by a young lady who witnessed the event and said he had no part in it.
What was Catherine Bailey? What did she find?
Catherine was the NCAAP state president for Indiana and in 1918, she built the Marion branch. Despite all the problems due to the great depression
Where is Thomas Ships Grave?
Weaver, Indiana
On June 19, 1988 what did James Cameron open?
Americas black holocause museum in Milwakee, Wisconsin
What happened to Mary Ball(The girl the black men they raped)
She testified that she was never raped and that they were falsly accused.