Quickest Trial in McLennan County

ID: 1530 ~ Source: Gibson, Lester L., interviewed by Richard H. Fair, July 7, 2008, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Lester L. Gibson tells of Jesse Washington's trial and the horror that happened after he was given the death sentence.

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,…