On March 9, 1892, Thomas Moss, Calvin McDowell, and Will Stewart were lynched in Memphis, TN. The Black men had formed a co-op called People’s Grocery that had drawn customers away from a nearby white competitor. Their murders led famed journalist and women’s suffragist Ida B. Wells to investigate the true racist motivations of lynchings and she was exiled soon after because of her writings.

Learn more here: https://lynchingsitesmem.org/lynching/peoples-grocery-lynchings-thomas-moss-will-stewart-calvin-mcdowell

Original newspaper article, page 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SB_0vvoDDg_xPJyBSfdWQhjgmqnqUAFh/view?usp=drivesdk

Original newspaper article, page 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XzMwEaX7nMOOKYW1Pi3J-RsGpA-27Wn6/view?usp=drivesdk

Above article courtesy of Memphis, Shelby County Room in Memphis Public Libraries.

People's Grocery PART 1

The Red RecordBy Lynching Sites ProjectJul 17, 2021