In the Name of Decency and Progress: The Response of Houston’s Civic Leaders to the Lynching of Robert Powell in 1928 By Houston History Magazine on November 8, 2012 in Politics By Dwight Watson Click here to read a pdf of the full article. Follow 1928 Democratic Convention, African Americans, black migrants, Great Migration, houston police department, HPD, Jesse Jones, Jim Crow, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, lynch law, lynchings, NAACP, police brutality, racism, Robert Powell
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