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...

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