The aim of this thesis is to narrate and analyze lynching and atypical violence in Denton County, Texas, between 1920 and 1926. Through this intensive study of a rural county in north Texas, the role of law enforcement in typical and systemic…
A copy negative of a Ku Klux Klan gathering in Fort Worth, October 19, 1923. A billboard in the background of the top photo reads "Chester L. Jones, Finance Commissioner, be sure to vote Tuesday, October 23rd." The clipping reads "Flashlight…