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Lynching of Allen Brooks

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Postcard commemorating the lynching of Allen Brooks in Dallas in 1910
Postcard commemorating the lynching of Allen Brooks in Dallas in 1910

Allen Brooks was a Black American man, who was lynched by a mob on March 3, 1910, in Dallas, Texas. Brooks, in his 60s, had been accused of raping a young white girl, and on the day he was set to face trial at the Dallas County Courthouse, a large mob pulled him by rope out of a second-story window at the courthouse, dragged him to Elks Arch, and hanged him from a telephone pole. The site of Brooks' lynching was unmarked for 111 years until a nonprofit placed a historical marker in 2021. The organization Remembering Black Dallas planned activities and programs for local high school students, with scholarships that support students writing on the history of racist violence and the civil rights movement in Dallas. Financial support for the marker and the scholarships was provided by the Equal Justice Initiative.

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Lynching of Allen Brooks
South Akard Street, Dallas

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South Akard Street
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Postcard commemorating the lynching of Allen Brooks in Dallas in 1910
Postcard commemorating the lynching of Allen Brooks in Dallas in 1910
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