Reading the Resolution

ID: 1529 ~ Source: Nesbitt, Joseph interviewed by Richard H. Fair, July 31, 2008, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Joseph Nesbitt explains the joy of reading the Jesse Washington resolution and seeing all of the community support.

This file appears in: Jesse Washington Lynching

By Kurt Terry
Society in the South evolved ensuing the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War. The Reconstruction of the South ended in 1877 and only added to the bad racial tensions in the region. Whites instituted laws that held blacks back from education,…