Names

Born April 11, 1877, in Toronto, Canada. An attorney by training, Riley helped draft the Federal Trade Commission Act (1911), lectured at the University of Wisconsin (1917-1953), served as legislative draftsman for the Wisconsin State Reference Library (1909 to 1921), and was secretary of the Governors' Conference (1912-1923).

Born on December 31, 1866, at Bowman's Bluff, North Carolina. Shipman was an editor and educator. He served as Commissioner of Labor and Printing 1909-1920. 

Foreman of coke crusher for Tallassee Power Co in Badin, NC, in 1919 when it was alleged that he brutally assaulted an African American laborer with a sledge hammer handle

Faculty or student of Shaw U Summer School in 1919

Lived in Tryon, NC, in September 1918

Born July 20, 1878, in Clarendon County, South Carolina. Holladay was a carpenter, watchman, and gate operator at Tallassee Power Company's Narrows Dam at Badin, North Carolina.

Born in December of 1856 in North Carolina. Wallace was elected sheriff of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in 1898 and served in that position for twenty-two years.

Born December 3, 1871, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Baker served as United States Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921 under President Woodrow Wilson.

Noah W. Spencer, born on May 22, 1873, in Lake Landing, North Carolina.

The state chapter of the American Federation of Labor

Born August 24, 1852, in South Carolina. Carpenter was the founder and proprietor of the Hardin Manufacturing Company, a textile mill in the vicinity of Gastonia.

Born June 26, 1897, in Durham, North Carolina. Drafted into military service during World War I on September 6, 1918. Ross, who was drafted relatively late in the conflict, was honorably discharged on December 7, 1918, just one month following the armistice of November 11. He later joined the Durham Machine Gun Company, a unit of the North Carolina national guard, and deployed with that company to Alamance County in July 1920 to protect three African American men accused of sexual assault from a lynch mob.

Resident of Nashville NC in 1919

Born July 18, 1887, in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Hoyle was a farmer and constable in Casar, North Carolina.

Born February 25, 1891, in Alamance County, North Carolina. In 1920, Holt provided testimony in an investigation into an attempted lynching in Graham, North Carolina. He was employed as a bookkeeper at the L. Banks Holt Manufacturing Company.

Henley was Chief Justice of North Carolina.

Submitted to Gov. Thomas W. Bickett around July 1920 a note congratulating him on his anti-lynching efforts. 

Statesville, NC, resident in 1920

Resident and commissioner of Pembroke NC in 1920

The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was a tobacco manufacturing operation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It was chartered in 1890 and for a period of time (1899 to 1912) was part of the American Tobacco Company trust owned by James B. Duke. The company has undergone many changes through the years but can still be found today under the name of Reynolds American, Inc.

Statesville, NC, resident in 1920

Born October 10, 1864, near Wadesboro, North Carolina. Beverly was a prominent African American farmer and land owner in Anson County, North Carolina.

Richard Edward Williams, born in Kenansville, North Carolina, on April 30, 1874. Williams was a Biddle University graduate and a clerk for the United States Postal Service. During World War I, Williams volunteered for the YMCA and provided canteen services in France.