1946 Columbia Race Riot, a story of anger, fear, violence, and the law in a Tennessee town after WWII photos of the event
event timeline assignments Participant Profiles Primary Sources Additional Information

On February 25, 1946, a 19-year-old, black Navy veteran narrowly escaped a lynching in Columbia, Tennessee. James Stephenson accompanied his mother to the Caster-Knott department store to complain about a botched...

READ MORE

 



 

James Stephenson

Middle Tennessee State University | MTSU Department of History | Contact

©Middle Tennessee State University Department of History