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An interview with Sylvester Lewis on the history of Gray's Creek Baptist church African Americans in the ArlingtonEades Community

Sylvester Lewis on the history of Gray's Creek MB Church and the lynching of Jesse Lee Bond in Arlington TN, April 28, 1939.

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Jesse Lee Bond

Apr 28 1939 (all day)

Jesse Lee Bond was lynched in Arlington,Tennessee on April 28, 1939 – in broad daylight, on the town square. The authorities lied about it, and the newspapers remained silent. It took more than...

News

Charlie Morris and Sylvester Lewis Story Corps Interview

Story Corps

Family fights for memory of lynching victim with memorial marker

ABC24 News

"A Library Has Been Lost," by John Ashworth

An Accidental Drowning Available for Online Viewing

LSP's Service to Commemorate the 79th Anniversary of the Lynching of Jesse Lee Bond

Arlington must tell truth about 1939 lynching

The Commercial Appeal

Vigil in Arlington to Honor Jesse Lee Bond, Victim of 1939 Lynching

http://www.commercialappeal.com/story/entertainment/movies/2017/11/05/indie-memphis-2017-film-festival-award-winners/830468001/

Indie Memphis: 2017 Film Festival Award Winners

The Commercial Appeal
https://mlk50.com/mlk-legacy-themes-evoked-by-local-filmmakers-at-memphis-indie-film-festival-8706ad402a19

MLK legacy, themes evoked by local filmmakers at Memphis Indie Film Festival

MLK50 Memphis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2-1neTpnfY&feature=youtu.be

A longer one-hour version of the Jesse Lee Bond story

YouTube

The Quiet Lynching of Jesse Lee Bond - Two Minute Video

IndieGoGo: The Quiet Lynching of Jesse Lee Bond

Interview with Charlie Morris, brother of Jesse Lee Bond

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