Elmore Clark
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Full Name
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Elmore Clark
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Biography
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On August 13, 1933, Elmore Clark, 28 years old, survived an attempted lynching in Woodstock, Bibb County, Alabama. He was attacked by two carloads of armed masked white men after being accused of murdering Vaudine Maddox. Later, it was discovered that Clark had survived the shooting by playing dead. Clark was the son of Tim Clark and Jerry Burns.
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Documented or Attempted
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Attempted
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Birth Date
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N/A
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County of Birth; County of Death
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N/A; Bibb County
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Death Date
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N/A
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Date of Attempted Lynching
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August 13, 1933
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Age at Death
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28
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Race
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Black
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Sex
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Male
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Researchers
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Abby Rathel, Brooklynn Coleman, and Callie Rhodes
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Case Number
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AMP541-19330813-003
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project
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Mother
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Jerry Burns
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Father
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Tim Clark