Article: Lynching: Ida B. Wells Barnett & the Outrage over the Frazier Baker Murder

Frazier Baker

Article: Lynching: Ida B. Wells Barnett & the Outrage over the Frazier Baker Murder

2008

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The National Archives' Prologue Magazine features a 2008 article, by Trichita M. Chestnut, on Ida B. Wells Barnett's role in bringing national attention to the 1898 murder of Frazier Baker - a Black teacher turned appointed postmaster - and his infant daughter in Lake City, South Carolina. The 10-page article includes: a precise definition of "lynching," an account of the racial terror attack on the Baker family, protest from the local community, Barnett's activism and the outcome of the trial.

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National Archives Prologue Magazine

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