Talk:Dublin, Georgia riot

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This article adds incorrect and unsourced characterizations to an incident involving Bob Ashley from July 1919. Atlanta Constitution news reports from July 8 (p4), 9 (p4), 12 (p1), 13(p9), and 14(p7) of 1919 (available on newspapers.com) describe the actual events --

In Laurens County (not in the City of Dublin), six white men attempted to gain entry to the home of Bob Ashley (black male) to search for a fugitive from an earlier killing. Bob Ashley fatally shot one of the men and was himself shot in the head.During the time directly after the shooting, several vehicles of white men attempted to locate Ashley before he could be taken into custody by the Sheriff - these efforts were unsuccessful. Ashley was taken to the town of Dublin for treatment and then placed in the jail there. Due to the tension and to prevent further violence, the local Dublin Home Guard (white males) were activiated to guard the jail and streets of Dublin. No riots occurred and the Home Guard was withdrawn after two days.

The information above can all be verified through the Atlanta Constitution articles on the dates & pages listed.

The newspaper article shown on the existing page (Greeneville Daily Sun) is actually consistent with this history, stating "quiet prevails after race riot suspense" -- in other words, no race riots actually occurred, but the authorities were concerned about it.

The Rucker & Upton source at page 557 contains only one relevant sentence: "In Georgia, black citizens fought against a mob to prevent a lynching" - this may be referring to a totally different incident in another town.

The Voogd Source at page 55 concerns the lynching of Eli Cooper in Cadwell, Georgia and is entirely unrelated to the Ashley incident in Dublin.

The NYT reference does not relate to the Ashley incident at all. East-tower (talk) 16:40, 22 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]