This AP photo from June 2001 shows the media besieging the then-York County Courthouse during the trial of defendants in the slaying of Lillie Belle Allen and Henry C. Schaad…
This AP photo from June 2001 shows the media besieging the then-York County Courthouse during the trial of defendants in the slaying of Lillie Belle Allen and Henry C. Schaad…
…railroad crossing site Lillie Belle Allen was shot in 1969 during the race riots in York. And to explain the race riot trials, I scribbled: Unfinished, unresolved murder cases +…
…Henry Schaad and a young black minister’s daughter named Lillie Belle Allen. The wounds from that era were inflamed again more recently. In 2001, two black men were arrested and…
…a settlement in civil litigation brought by the family of Lillie Belle Allen, gunned down in the summer of 1969. Again, critics emerged. The charrette was a lot of speech-making,…
…street, which served as the site of shooting of Lillie Belle Allen on July 21, 1969. This photo originally appeared in The Gazette and Daily and now is part of…
In resolving one of the many issues he inherited as York’s mayor, John Brenner tells Hattie Dickson, Lillie Belle Allen’s sister, that ‘we are sorry for your loss’ during a…
…of Lillie Belle Allen, a black woman visiting York, and Henry Schaad, a white police officer. Following this low moment, blacks and whites jointly sought, and gained, a measure of…
…19 years earlier. She led the ticket in winning a second term. 30. Harry Schaad and Lillie Belle Allen — One white and one black die in the York race…
…that he would think these things should have been settled a long time ago,” Madeline Lawson said, referring to those on trial for the murders of Lillie Belle Allen and…
…Community Center (Video) ‘Hate is a consuming fire’: Sister of Lillie Belle Allen gives heartfelt speech. (Video) Almost Forgotten: A glimpse at African American’s in York County’s past (Video) Ophelia…