Biographies

Extant biographical information about Henry Colbert has not been found to date. Newspaper articles identified him as an African American man who worked as

Richard May was an African American male, who worked as a field hand. Beyond his sex, race, and occupation, which were mentioned in the

Nelson Cooper was an African American man who lived in Greenville, Kentucky.  Given the frequency of the name “Nelson Cooper” in the U.S. Census

            William Tyler was born in 1872 in Nicholas County, Kentucky. According to Ancestry Libraries William Tyler’s mother’s name was Manda Tyler and his

There is little extant biographical information about Louis Laferdetta. Newspapers of the time did not report on his personal life, and his murder was

            Berry Rich was one of approximately 50 white lynching victims in Kentucky between 1880 and 1950, accounting for the considerable biographical information about