Blue Star Shopping Center depicts a
Halloween scene showcasing a stuffed
doll resembling a black man wearing a
labor suit, hanging from a noose.
Source: Home News Tribune
Date: March 21, 2006
Where: Newark, N.J.
What happened: A substitute teacher, in an
attempt to punish a student for not doing
his homework, instructs the student to
stand on a chair, ties the noose around the
student’s neck and kicks the chair.
Source: The Associated Press
NEW YORK:
Date: Nov. 10, 2007
Where: Orangeburg, N. Y.
What happened: A noose is found hanging
from a black chaplain’s door at the
Rockland Children’s Psychiatric Center.
Source: The Journal News
Date: Oct. 22, 2007
Where: Brooklyn, N. Y.
What happened: A noose is sent to
the Canarsie High School principal,
a black woman.
Source: The New York Times
Date: Oct. 19, 2007
Where: Valley Stream, N. Y.
What happened: A black construction manager finds a noose made of yellow electrical
wire hanging in a doorway. He calls his
manager, who assures him that the person
responsible would be fired if caught.
Source: Newsday
Date: Oct. 9, 2007
Where: New York City
What happened: Columbia University
Teachers College professor, a black woman
who teaches about racial justice, finds
noose hanging from her office door.
Date: Sept. 28, 2007
Where: Long Island, N. Y.
What happened: Hempstead police depart-
ment finds a noose hanging in the men’s
bathroom. Township rallies in support of
the investigation, which has been termed
“racially motivated.”
Source: Newsday
NORTH CAROLINA:
Date: Nov. 8, 2007
Where: Raleigh, N.C.
What happened: A noose made of toilet
paper is found hanging in an N.C. State
campus bathroom.
Source: Myrtle Beach Online
Date: Sept. 21, 2007
Where: High Point, N.C.
What happened: Four nooses are spotted
on the campus of Andrews High School:
two hanging from a tree, one in the bus
parking lot and one on the flagpole.
Source: ABC News
OREGON:
Date: Nov. 9, 2007
Where: Corvallis, Ore.
What happened: A noose is found hanging
from a Phi Gamma Delta fraternity tree on
the campus of Oregon State University.
Source: KGW.com
Date: Oct. 30, 2007
Where: Portland, Ore.
What happened: Six stuffed scarecrows are
found hanging from nooses tied to cherry-
blossom trees at Reed College.
Source: The Oregonian
PENNSYLVANIA:
Date: Oct. 15, 2007
Where: Pittsburgh, Pa.
What happened: A housekeeper at Allegheny
General Hospital says she found a noose
hanging in a 10th-floor hospital room.
Source: WPXI.com
Date: Oct. 4, 2007
Where: O’Hara Township, Pa.
What happened: Construction worker finds a
noose hanging from the second floor of the
construction site.
Source: WPXI.com
Date: Oct. 4, 2007
Where: Cranberry, Pa.
What happened: A Verizon Wireless employee finds a doll with a noose tied around
its neck on her desk with a note claiming
she didn’t deserve her promotion.
Source: WPXI.com
Date: Oct. 2, 2007
Where: Pittsburgh, Pa.
What happened: A baby doll with a noose
tied around its neck was found at the Port
Authority of Allegheny County.
Source: WPXI.com
SOUTH CAROLINA:
Date: Nov. 13, 2007
Where: Orangeburg, S.C.
What happened: An Orangeburg-Calhoun
County Technical College student hangs a
noose in one of the classrooms.
Source: WISTV.com
Date: Oct. 26, 2007
Where: Columbia, S.C.
What happened: A Columbia Fire
Department recruit, during a demonstra-
tion, ties a noose and places it around a
student’s neck.
Source: WISTV.com
Date: Oct. 5, 2007
Where: Columbia, S.C.
What happened: Nooses are found hanging
from a tree in front of a local high school.
Source: The State
TENNESSEE:
Date: Dec. 10, 2007
Where: Nashville, Tenn.
What happened: A reverend suffers a heart
attack after finding a noose and a burning
cross on his porch.
Source: WRKN.com
Date: Nov. 22, 2007
Where: Chattanooga, Tenn.
What happened: A store owner finds a noose
hanging at a construction site.
Source: ABC24.com
Date: Aug. 24, 2007
Where: Germantown, Tenn.
What happened: Three employees at the
Germantown Performing Arts Centre hang
nooses in the backstage area of the theater
as practical joke.
Source: Eye WitnessNews.com
TEXAS:
Date: Oct. 30, 2007
Where: Houston, Texas
What happened: Four contract workers
hang a noose in a building at FMC
Technologies, an oil-field services
equipment manufacturer.
Date: March 24, 2006
Where: Conroe, Texas
What happened: A black employee is choked
with a noose in the company bathroom by
white employees.
Source: States News Service
