Indeed, white newspapers throughout the nation often ran sensational stories of supposed African American crimes, helping to cement the broader American conspiracy to stereotype and criminalize Blackness. Overall, no less than 71 newspaper articles reported some aspects of either the Looney murder, Adams’s arrest, or Adams’s hanging during the span of September 25 to October 8, 1887. The articles appeared nationally, from Dallas and Galveston in Texas to Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Kansas City, and Pittsburgh, making front page headlines at least 28 times. | Date: September 29, 1887 | Source: “A Negro Murderer,” Austin Weekly Statesman, September 29, 1887, p. 1.Download Original File
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“A Negro Murderer,” Austin Weekly Statesman, September 29, 1887, p. 1.
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September 29, 1887
"This newspaper article, which appeared shortly after Joe Adams’s arrest, described events in detail. " appears in: The Lynching of Joe Adams
