Draft:Louis F. Wright

Lynching of Louis Wright should link here

Louis F. Wright was a 19 year old performer from Ottawa, Kansas who was lynched in New Madrid, Missouri in February 17, 1902. He had reportedly insulted white boys who had thrown snowballs at him and they came to his company's show (Richard and Pringle's famous Georgia Minstrels) and tried to find him after it. He reportedly shot at the approaching individuals and was later arrested along with the rest of the company. He was taken from the jail by a mob and hung.

He performed in blackface. Media accounts of the events differed in white and black papers. According to America's Blakc Holocaust Museum Wright's murder was one of several pynchings that took place in Mew Madrid. He had been with the troupe several seasons. He was hung from a tree.