Fred Black Died in Fall From Work Truck, Aug. 30, 1924

Fell to Pavement; Dead

By the Associated Press

Shelby, Aug. 29—Happy because his day’s work was over and he was homeward bound, Fred Black, a highly respected negro of this city and said to be one the hardest working men here, began dancing while riding in a truck owned by Esper cook and driven by Alvin cook. His foot slipped, and he fell to the pavement, meeting with instant death.

Dr. Reben McBrayer, who was driving an automobile a few hundred feet behind the trick, witnessed the accident and rushed to the man’s side when he fell to the pavement. The physician pronounced Black dead as the result of a crushed skull.

From page 4 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Friday, August 30, 1924

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