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Henry Argo

Era:1930s
State:Oklahoma
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Biography

Henry Argo was a Black man lynched while held in the jail at Chickasha, Oklahoma in1930. The Daily Worker of June2 describes a mob shooting him through a cell window, followed by an attack in hospital and renewed violence after he was returned to jail. He had denied the rape accusation against him. The newspaper criticized local officials’ failure to protect him. This source does not establish his exact arrest or death day.

Case

Charges: Rape allegation, denied; no judicial conviction established.
Sentence: Killed by mob while detained; reported June2,1930.