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City Gangs and a Lynching in Mississippi Fifteen-year-old Johnny Gray waggles a warning finger before striking at one of the two white boys in the jaw who tried to force him and his sister, Mary, from the sidewalk as they walked to their segregated school in Little Rock, Arkansas on September 16, 1958. The argument ended in a fist fight, with Gray chasing the white boys down the block. Written and shared by @insidehistory - an independent history page would-- some of those watchin' us told us, 'Don't move.'" Newsman: "What do you think has happened to him?" Unknown speaker: "What did we think was goin' on?" Newsman: "What do you think has happened to him now?" Unknown speaker: "Well, I don't know, sir. From the shape he was in last night, look like it was 'bout the end for him." Announcer: And it was the end for Parker; he was lynched. Mississippi later closed its books on the case. But the Federal Government is n...