Date: October 20, 1950
Decade: 1950s
Creator: Associated Press
Description: Describes that a group of angered men attacked Cooper Drake, the Black man accused of raping a woman named Kathleen Holley and killing her son
Language: English
Subject: Assault, Police, Violent Crime
Location Depicted: Florence, AL, Lauderdale Co., AL
Digital Publisher: The Florence Times
Rights Information: Associated Press (printed in Florence Times)
Citation: Associated Press. “Posse Shoots Down Accused, Sex Offender: Negro And Farm Wife He Raped In Same Hospital; Boy, 4, Dead.”The Florence Times, October 20, 1950
Source Format: Newspaper
Type: Text
Format: PDF
Tags: Assault, Crime, Injustice, Justice, Murder, Police, Rape