In 1906, Sheriff Joseph Shipp served over the St. Elmo District of Chattanooga, TN. BUT when an innocent man is lynched, the sheriff has to answer for his role in the horrific event.

Sources
Tina's Story
AP
Photo of victim uncovered 112 years after bridge lynching--by Rosanna Hughes

Hamilton County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Joseph F. Shipp 1904-1908

The New York Times
An Inspiring Act of Racial Healing in Chattanooga--by Peter Canellos

UMKC Famous Trials
Sheriff Shipp Trial (1907-09)

Wikipedia
Lynching of Ed Johnson
United States v. Ship

Photos
Sheriff Joseph Shipp--via UMKC Famous Trials
Ed Johnson--via UMKC Famous Trials
St. Elmo Street Station--via UMKC Famous Trials

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Hillary’s Story
In April 1913, a heinous murder happened at the National Pencil Company. BUT despite several leads to the contrary, Leo Frank is charged and later murdered for the crime.

Sources
Hillary's Story
Library of Congress
Trial and Lynching of Leo Frank: Topics in Chronicling America

Museum of Jewish Heritage
Seeking Justice: The Leo Frank Case Revisited

The New York Times
GEORGIA PARDONS VICTIM 70 YEARS AFTER LYNCHING

PBS
Exploring Hate: Today In History: The Lynching of Leo Frank

PBS Learning Media
The New South and Leo Frank | Georgia Stories

The Washington Post
Leo Frank was lynched for a murder he didn't commit. Now neo-Nazis are trying to rewrite history--by Jacob Bogage

Wikipedia
Leo Frank

Photos
Leo Frank--from Bettman Archive via Time
Mary Phagen--from the Atlanta Georgian via Public Domain
Trial with Frank and witness, Newt Lee--by Walter Frank Winn/Atlanta Journal via Public Domain
Leo Frank Lynching Historical Marker--by David Seibert via Historical Marker Database

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Tina’s Story
Wyatt Outlaw was the first African American to be appointed Town Commissioner and constable of Graham, North Carolina in 1869. BUT when whites objected to being policed by a black man, the KKK lynch Wyatt leading to the Kirk-Holden War.

Hillary’s Story
George Q. Cannon moved up the ranks to become a senior apostle in the Mormon Church and also served as non-voting delegate for Utah Territory in the United States Congress for 10 years beginning in 1872. BUT when political opponents learn of his plural marriages, his seat is jeopardized.

Sources
Tina's Story
Black Then
THE KIRK-HOLDEN WAR OF 1870
The Murder of Wyatt Outlaw--by Matt Swift

Caswell County Historical Association
Kirk-Holden War (1870)

City of Graham
Remembrance of Constable Wyatt Outlaw

Civil War Era North Carolina
Governor William W. Holden's Impeachment
John Walter Stephens
The Ku Klux Klan and the Kirk-Holden War

Elon News Network
Alamance NAACP spearheads effort to rename park after Black councilman slain in 1870--by Mackenzie Wilkes

Medium
The Confederate monument standing where the Klan killed Wyatt Outlaw--by Mike Scott

NC Pedia
Governor Holden Speaks Out Against the Ku Klux Klan
The Kirk-Holden War
Union League

North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultureal Resources
Lynching of Wyatt Outlaw and the Kirk-Holden War

North Carolina History
Holden Impeachment

The Times News
The life and tragic death of Wyatt Outlaw

Trial of William W. Holden

A Red Record
Wyatt Outlaw

Wikipedia
Kirk-Holden War
William Woods Holden
Wyatt Outlaw

Yes Weekly
Wyatt Outlaw and the white men who put a monument where they lynched him--by Ian McDowell

Photos
Wyatt Outlaw--taken from Black Then
William Woods Holden--via Public Domain
George W. Kirk--from Library of Congress via Public Domain

Hillary's Story
BYU Religious Studies Center
George Q. Cannon in Hawai‘i, 1850–54: Relationship Challenges of a Young Missionary--by Davis Bitton

Church Historians Press
The Journal of George Q. Cannon

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
George Q. Cannon: A Mighty Instrument

History, Art & Archives
Cannon, George Quayle

Utah Department of Heritage & Arts
A PATRIARCH & THREE SCIONS: GEORGE Q. CANNON AND HIS OLDEST SONS JOHN, FRANK & ABRAHAM

Wikipedia
George Q. Cannon

Photos
George Q. Cannon--by Mathew Benjamin Brady via Public Domain
Cannon and his three oldest sons--via Utah Department of Heritage & Arts
Portrait of Polygamists in prison--from Charles Roscoe Savage via Public Domain

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