Peoples Grocery
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The Peoples Grocery was a grocery located in Memphis. Opened in 1885, owners Thomas Moss, Henry Stewart, and Calvin McDowell were friends of Ida Wells.[1] In March 1892 the owners were murdered by a white mob while in police custody.[2]
[edit] Murder
In 1892, the owners of the store were arrested after it was reported that they started a fight.
Moss, Stewart and McDowell were warned that a white mob was going to kill them[citation needed]. The men fired on nine deputy sheriffs who came to arrest them after which they were arrested and jailed. The next morning a white mob kidnapped the three men out of jail and looted the grocery. The three men were later found dead. It is reported that many blacks left Memphis, fearing for their lives.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South 1890-1940, Grace Hale, Vintage Press, page 208
- ^ a b TN Encyclopedia: IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT.
