Dennis Cross
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Full Name
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Dennis Cross
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Biography
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On September 24, 1933, Dennis Cross, 50 years old, was lynched in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, near the country club. He was lynched by a white mob disguised as police officers after being accused of accosting a white woman. The mob dragged Cross, who was paraplegic, out of his home and shot him. Cross was a widowed farm laborer and the son of Dennis Cross Sr. and Jane Rhoden.
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Documented or Attempted
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Documented
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Birth Date
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Circa 1884
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County of Birth; County of Death
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N/A; Tuscaloosa County
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Death Date
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September 24, 1933
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Age at Death
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50
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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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AMP541-19330924-000
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Identified by:
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Alabama Memory Project
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Mother
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Jane Rhoden
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Father
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Dennis Cross Sr.
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Occupation
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Widowed Farm Laborer