On July 11, 1942, 16-year-old Thomas Mattox was riding in the car with his sisters, 19-year-old Emmie and 22-year-old Gussie, from their home in Bowman, GA to a show in Elberton, 12 miles away. While traveling on the highway, the group passed a white motorist, 19-year-old Wilbur Cornell, who also lived in Bowman. Cornell became enraged […]
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