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On May 15, 1916, after deliberating for one hour, an all-white jury in Waco, Texas, found seventeen-

On May 15, 1916, after deliberating for one hour, an all-white jury in Waco, Texas, found seventeen-
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Description: On May 15, 1916, after deliberating for one hour, an all-white jury in Waco, Texas, found seventeen-year-old Jesse Washington guilty of bludgeoning a white woman to death. A mob rushed him out of the courtroom, chained him to a tree, and burned him to death. The story was chronicled by Patricia Bernstein in The First Waco Horror (2005).
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