Romey: Newspaper Reports

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Romey: Newspaper Reports

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Accounts of Nola Romey's lynching and his wife, Hasna's death at the hands of local police made headlines throughout the United States. Browse newspaper headlines in English and Arabic newspapers from 1929.

Date

1928-1929

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1929-09 "Case of Syrian Murdered in Florida" in The Syrian World

An article in The Syrian World published in New York City New York entitled "Case of Syrian Murdered in Florida". The article recaps the case from earlier in the year, the investigation conducted, and the continued quest for justice by Ellis Moses,…

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1929-06 "Syrian and Wife Killed in Florida" in The Syrian World

An article in The Syrian World published in New York City New York entitled "Syrian and Wife Killed in Florida: Woman Fires at Chief of Police in Defense of Husband and is shot and Killed -- Man Later Taken From Jail and Killed by Mob". The article…

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1929-06 "Has the Syrian Become a Negro?" by Ash-Shaab in The Syrian World

An article by Ash-Shaab of New York City, written on May 24, 1929 and published in The Syrian World, Volume 3 No. 12, June 1929 questioning why the community is not more adament about seeking justice in the lynching of Nola Romey. Using…

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1929-06-17 "The murder of Nicolas Romey" by Nicolas Al-Dibis in Al-Hoda

An article in Al-Hoda published in New York City, New York on Monday, June 17, 1929 "The Murder of Nicolas Romey". This article briefly recounts the details of the lynching of Nola and murder of Hasna Romey in Lake City, Florida.

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