Lynching of Dan Anderson

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Dan Anderson was an African-American man who was murdered in Macon, Mississippi, on May 20, 1927 at the age of 32.[1][2] Anderson's father had also been lynched.[3] Anderson was accused of killing T. C. Edwards, a white farmer from Cliftonville, Mississippi. He was arrested in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A mob of 300 to 500 men followed him and fired more than 200 bullets into his body.

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  1. ^ "The Law's Too Slow". Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life. January 1928. p. 19.
  2. ^ "The Jim Crow Era: A Solemn Roll Call Of Those Brutally Murdered". PoliticsNY. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "2d In Family Lynched by Mob". Courier-Journal. May 20, 1927. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

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Coordinates: 33°6′45″N 88°33′40″W / 33.11250°N 88.56111°W / 33.11250; -88.56111

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