On September 28, 1903, the small town of Harriston, Mississippi, became the setting for a violent tragedy that claimed the life of Johanna Aiken, an African American woman residing in the community. The catastrophic series of events began early that morning when eighteen-year-old Willie Jones embarked on a shooting rampage through the village. Armed with a double-barrel shotgun and a significant supply of buckshot shells, Jones moved through the streets, indiscriminately targeting those he encou
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