In this newspaper article, published on October 9, 1915, Charlottesville’s Daily Progress reports on the funeral of Henry Martin, the former head janitor and bell-ringer at the University of Virginia.
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Author: Charlottesville Daily Progress
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“Faithful Janitor Dead at 89,” Charlottesville Daily Progress (October 6, 1915)
In this article, published on October 6, 1915, Charlottesville’s Daily Progress reports on the death of Henry Martin, the head janitor and bell-ringer at the University of Virginia.
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“From an Eye Witness” (July 16, 1898)
In “From an Eye Witness,” published in the Charlottesville Daily Progress on July 16, 1898, the editor of the Waynesboro Herald describes the lynching four days earlier of John Henry James, an African American man.
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“He Paid an Awful Penalty,” Charlottesville Daily Progress (July 12, 1898)
On July 12, 1898, in “He Paid an Awful Penalty,” the Charlottesville Daily Progress described the lynching of John Henry James, an African American man.
