In the small town of Harriston, Mississippi, a wave of violence erupted in early October of 1913, forever marking the community with the blood of its citizens. Among the lives tragically cut short during this tumultuous period was that of Thead Grayson, a Black man. His death was not an isolated incident but part of a larger, chaotic event described in historical accounts as a race riot. The specific details of Grayson's life, such as his age, are not readily available in the records that have s
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