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The 1891 New Orleans lynchings were the murders of 11 Italian Americans, immigrants in New Orleans, by a mob for their alleged role in the murder of police chief David Hennessy after some of them had been acquitted at trial. It was the largest single mass lynching in American history.
11 Italian Americans: Italian: New Orleans: Orleans: Louisiana: March 14, 1891: Killing of police chief: Three had been acquitted; three had a mistrial; five were never tried. Lynching organized by local leaders, including future mayor Walter C. Flower and future governor John M. Parker. Grand jury brought no charges. Hodges, Lewis African ...
The Kingdom of Soissons cut all ties with Italy and had no further recorded contact with the Eastern Roman Empire. Even after 476, Syagrius continued to maintain that he was merely governing a Roman province. The Domain of Soissons was in fact an independent region. [5] Childeric died about 481, and his son Clovis I became the Frankish king ...
1891 New Orleans lynchings; C. Colfax massacre; J. Lynching of John Cecil Jones; L. Lynchings of Mer Rouge, Louisiana; M. Murder of Frank Morris
Eighty years later, some of the relatives of the men put to death in Fornelli are finally set to receive a share of 12 million euros ($13 million) awarded by an Italian court as compensation for ...
Polk, a New Orleans resident, is the last of the 14 known victims of the attack to be identified. On Saturday, her family told the Times-Picayune that her brother, Printisis Polk, was still missing.
Latasha Polk, a mother of a 14-year-old child and a certif ied nursing assistant, was the last victim to be identified in the fatal New Orleans attack, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said during a ...
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