The burning of the Henry Shepherd house by the
The burning of the Henry Shepherd house by the Ku Klux Klan. Shepherd's son Samuel, a WW2 veteran, was framed for rape with three other blacks, beaten to coerce confession, and killed by Sheriff Willis McCall while in police custody in Nov. 1951. (BSLOC_2014_13_122)
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11002618
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45260146
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3000px x 2274px
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Everett Collection / Mary Evans
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Everett Collection
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