Equal Justice Initiative on Mythryl: “On this day in 1926, a white mob in LaBelle, Florida, lynched a…”

On this day in 1926, a white mob in LaBelle, Florida, lynched a young Black man named Henry Patterson for stopping at the home of a white woman to ask for a drink of water.

calendar.eji.orgMay 11, 1926 | White Mob in Florida Lynches Black Man for Requesting Drink of WaterLearn more about our history of racial injustice.

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