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May 22, 1917
"Hundreds Eager to see Negro Burned at Stake"

May 29, 1917
"Many Negroes in Race Riot in East St. Louis"

June 25, 1917
"Lynch Negro Who attacked Women"

July 3, 1917
"100 Dead 500 Injured in East Saint Louis"

July 5, 1917
"War Department Probes Race Riot"

 

 

July 18, 1917
"Six Coolies Get Away From Steamer"

August 25, 1917
"Death Before a Firing Squad May Be Fate of Troopers"

September 10, 1917
"Negro Selected Men Not To Drill With Whites In Army Camp"

October 4, 1917
“The Rope Bandit Shot to Death By One of His Victims"
November 16, 1917
"Two Negroes Shoot Hands in Order to Escape Draft"

 

 

December 11, 1917
"Thirteen negro soldiers hanged at San Antonio"
December 11, 1917 "Colored Troops meet death for Participation in Riots"

January 17, 1918
"Colored Lawyer Faces Serious Federal Charge"
February 13, 1918
"Negro Burned At Stake For
Double Murder"

April 6, 1918
"Plan to Stop
Mob Violence"

 

 

May 16, 1918
"29,016 Colored Men For Selective Service"

June 5, 1918
"Call 40,000 Colored Selective Service Men"
June 20, 1918
"Ku Klux Klan Again Busy in South"
June 20, 1918
"Colored Chorus To Aid Benefit For Colored Soldiers"

June 20, 1918
"Negro Relief At Lyric Tomorrow"

 


July 26, 1918
"President Denounces
Lynching"

September 10, 1918
"Negro Troops have shown up Well in Recent Encounters"
September 28, 1918
"Soldier Compliment For Killing Man Who Sold Liquor To Boy"
November 21, 1918
"Colored Army Officer Addresses Auxiliary of Local Red Cross"
December 18, 1918
"Many Colored Boys Return From France"

 


February 4, 1919
"Bible and Watch Save Sheriff From Death"
March 1, 1919
"More Negro Warriors Return From France"
March 29, 1919
"Proves Honesty Of U.S. Negro Troopers"