Fear No Evil: Ed Johnson & 1906 Tennessee

The 1906 assault of a white woman in Chattanooga led to a murder and the U.S. Supreme Court’s first and only intervention in a state criminal trial.Sources:Curriden, Mark and Phillips, Leroy Jr. Contempt of Court: The Turn-of-the-Century Lynching that Launched a Hundred Years of Federalism (Faber & Faber, 1999).Hindley, Meredith. “Chattanooga versus the Supreme Court: The Strange Case of Ed Johnson.” National Endowment for the Humanities. Vol 35. No. 6. November/December 2014. https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2014/novemberdecember/feature/chattanooga-versus-the-supreme-courtPrice, Eric. “Chattanooga dedicates memorial to Ed Johnson more than a century after mob-lynching.” ABC News Channel 9. 19 September, 2021. https://newschannel9.com/news/local/chattanooga-dedicates-memorial-to-ed-johnson-more-than-a-century-after-mob-lynchingTranscript of Record in U. S. Supreme Court in Case of U. S. v Shipp, Docket Original No. 5. (National Archives). Webb, Michael D. “‘God Bless You All-I Am Innocent’: Sheriff Joeseph F. Shipp, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and the Lynching of Ed Johnson.”Tennessee Historical Quarterly. Vol. 58. No. 2. Summer 1999. pp. 156-179White, J. Bliss. Biography and Achievements of the Colored Citizens of Chattanooga (Chattanooga, 1904).As well as articles from the Chattanooga Times, Chattanooga News, Voice of the People (Atlanta), and the New York Times.Music: Credits to Holizna, Fesilyan Studios & Virginia ListonFor more information, visit www.oldbloodpodcast.com