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The Memphis Riots

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Content Warning: This item contains potentially sensitive content related to sexual assault.

An article in the Gold Hill Daily news about the assault case involving Frances Thompson, and the subsequent riots that ensued.

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Identifier
8k71nh426
Collection
Newspaper and Periodical Clippings (Pre 1900)
Institution
Digital Transgender Archive
Date Issued
Aug. 21, 1866
Genre
Clippings
Subject(s)
Frances Thompson
Places
Tennessee > Shelby County > Memphis
Topic(s)
BIPOC
Black transgender people
Trans women
Transgender disabled people
Transgender survivors of rape
Resource Type
Text
Language
English
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