Flossie Bailey, who was the president of the local branch of the NAACP, tried to obtain police protection when two African American men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were hanged from a tree after a mob broke out in Grant County in August 1930.
Flossie Bailey, who was the president of the local branch of the NAACP, tried to obtain police protection when two African American men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith were hanged from a tree after a mob broke out in Grant County in August 1930.