William Cowper Brann

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American journalist (1855-1898)

United States JournalistsLived 1855 to 1898 · aged 43

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William Cowper Brann was an American journalist also known as Brann the Iconoclast. During his life, he gained a reputation as a "brilliant though vitriolic editorialist." He defended lynching Black men accused of rape and called for opponents of this type of mob violence to be castrated.

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Brann at a funeral parlor

Brann's tombstone in Oakwood Cemetery, Waco, Texas

Colt Single Action Army Revolver owned by Judge Gerald and loaned to W.C. Brann who used it in his street duel with Davis. Redmen Museum, Waco Texas

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