Lint Shaw, killed by a mob near Royston, Georgia
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Title
Lint Shaw, killed by a mob near Royston, Georgia
Collection
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1936-04-28
Library Location
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Lynching
Subjects
Lynchings -- United States
African Americans -- Crimes against
Hanging -- United States
Crowds -- Lynchings
Murder victims
Victims of violent crimes
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Biographical/Historical: Lint Shaw, killed by a mob near Royston, Georgia, April 28, 1936, eight hours before he was to go on trial for attempted assault.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16191416
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9b2d80d0-0042-0130-8428-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lint Shaw, killed by a mob near Royston, Georgia" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1936. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b2d80d0-0042-0130-8428-58d385a7bc34
APA format
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1936). Lint Shaw, killed by a mob near Royston, Georgia Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b2d80d0-0042-0130-8428-58d385a7bc34
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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Lint Shaw, killed by a mob near Royston, Georgia" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9b2d80d0-0042-0130-8428-58d385a7bc34
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