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On December 13, 1924, Samuel Smith, a 15-year-old African-American man, was accused of shooting Ike Eastwood.<ref name="tennesseanmoblynchesnegroboywho">{{cite news|title=Mob Lynches Negro Boy Who Shot Grocer. Body of Masked Men Take Him From Hospital. Samuel Smith, 15, Left Hanging Near Home of Ike Eastwood, Whom He Wounded Friday Night.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/178417744|accessdate=May 2, 2018|work=Nashville Tennesssean|date=December 16, 1924|pages=1; 5|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|registration=yes}}</ref> Smith denied it, but he was taken from his hospital room to Frank Hill Road in Nolensville, where he was lynched by a mob of masked men.<ref name="tennesseanmoblynchesnegroboywho"/><ref name="stanselmmemorialmarker">{{cite web|last1=Deane|first1=Natasha|title=Memorial Marker for Lynching Victims|url=http://stanselmsnashville.org/memorial-lynching-victims/|website=St Anselm Episcopal Church|accessdate=April 27, 2018|date=June 5, 2017}}</ref> |
On December 13, 1924, Samuel Smith, a 15-year-old African-American man, was accused of shooting Ike Eastwood.<ref name="tennesseanmoblynchesnegroboywho">{{cite news|title=Mob Lynches Negro Boy Who Shot Grocer. Body of Masked Men Take Him From Hospital. Samuel Smith, 15, Left Hanging Near Home of Ike Eastwood, Whom He Wounded Friday Night.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/178417744|accessdate=May 2, 2018|work=Nashville Tennesssean|date=December 16, 1924|pages=1; 5|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|registration=yes}}</ref> Smith denied it, but he was taken from his hospital room to Frank Hill Road in Nolensville, where he was lynched by a mob of masked men.<ref name="tennesseanmoblynchesnegroboywho"/><ref name="stanselmmemorialmarker">{{cite web|last1=Deane|first1=Natasha|title=Memorial Marker for Lynching Victims|url=http://stanselmsnashville.org/memorial-lynching-victims/|website=St Anselm Episcopal Church|accessdate=April 27, 2018|date=June 5, 2017}}</ref><ref name="tntribunelynchingvictims">{{cite news|last1=Confehr|first1=Clint|title=Lynching Victims Memorialized|url=http://tntribune.com/community/local/lynching-victims-memorialized/|accessdate=May 3, 2018|work=Tennessee Tribune|date=June 15, 2017}}</ref> |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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Samuel Smith | |
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| Died | December 12, 1924 Nolensville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Samuel Smith was a 15-year-old African-American man who was lynched in Nolensville, Tennessee on December 15, 1924.
Lynching
On December 13, 1924, Samuel Smith, a 15-year-old African-American man, was accused of shooting Ike Eastwood.[1] Smith denied it, but he was taken from his hospital room to Frank Hill Road in Nolensville, where he was lynched by a mob of masked men.[1][2][3]
Legacy
In June 2017, a plaque in his memory as well as the memory of two other lynching victims, Ephraim and Henry Grizzard, was installed in the St. Anselm's Episcopal Church in Nashville.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Mob Lynches Negro Boy Who Shot Grocer. Body of Masked Men Take Him From Hospital. Samuel Smith, 15, Left Hanging Near Home of Ike Eastwood, Whom He Wounded Friday Night". Nashville Tennesssean. December 16, 1924. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved May 2, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|registration=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ Deane, Natasha (June 5, 2017). "Memorial Marker for Lynching Victims". St Anselm Episcopal Church. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
- ^ Confehr, Clint (June 15, 2017). "Lynching Victims Memorialized". Tennessee Tribune. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
- ^ Scheu, Katherine (June 7, 2017). "Nashville's Episcopal Church remembers 1892 lynchings in city". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 26, 2018.