Historical Book: A Lynching in Little Dixie - The Life and Death of James T. Scott (1885-1923) | True Crime, African American History, Missouri Civil Rights | For History Buffs & Social Justice Studies
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James T. Scott's 1923 lynching in the college town of Columbia, Missouri, was precipitated by a case of mistaken identity. Falsely accused of rape, the World War I veteran was dragged from jail by a mob and hanged from a bridge before 1000 onlookers. Patricia L. Roberts lived most of her life unaware that her aunt was the girl who erroneously accused Scott, only learning of it from a 2003 account in the University of Missouri's school newspaper. Drawing on archival research, she tells Scott's full story for the first time in the context of the racism of the Jim Crow Midwest.
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I read this work by Pat after having read the work of Doug Hunt on the same subject. While Doug's work is a more succinct and direct telling of the events surrounding the lynching of James Scott, Pat's work spends more time detailing Scott's life before his death. Notably Pat's work clearly points out that her aunt - Regina Almstedt - mis-identified Scott on three separate occasions. Is there alot of detail beyond the life of James Scott - yes, no question. But the picture those details and suppositions paint really helped me to understand the whole story.
