‘Waco Horror’ at 100: Why Jesse Washington’s lynching still matters
‘Waco Horror’ at 100: Why Jesse Washington’s lynching still matters
Mary Pearson doesn’t need to be reminded of Jesse Washington’s lynching.
The Robinson resident grew up hearing the stories from her grandmother, a relative of the 17-year-old farmhand who was tortured to death on Waco’s town square a century ago Sunday. The moral was never precisely stated, but the horror has stuck with Pearson all her 67 years.
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