Lynching of Wade Thomas
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On December 26, 1920, an African-American man named Wade Thomas was lynched in Jonesboro, Arkansas, by a white mob. The mob seized Thomas from the Jonesboro jail after he allegedly shot local Patrolman Elmer Ragland, and murdered him.
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South Main Street, Jonesboro
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| N 35.838149 ° | E -90.70495 ° |
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South Main Street 500
72401 Jonesboro
Arkansas, United States
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