Junius S. Mobley Explained

June Mobley
Birth Name:Junius S. Mobley
Office:South Carolina House of Representatives
Term Start:1868
Term End:?
Birth Place:United States
Party:Republican

Junius S. Mobley (died January 2, 1904), also known as June Mobley, was a politician in South Carolina. He was considered an ultra-radical,[1] and was one of South Carolina's 1868 Radical Republican members of the Legislature.[2] [3] He reportedly became a preacher after the Reconstruction era.[4] Mobley was a political leader during the Reconstruction era in South Carolina and was involved in the distribution of ammunition to freedmen. He was part of the Union Brotherhood that replaced the Union League in 1872.[5] Mobley was from Union County, South Carolina.[6] John Schreiner Reynolds wrote about Mobley and other African American legislators in 1905. He was not a fan of Mobley's, and described him as "mulatto" and said he gave incendiary speeches causing bloodshed for the "men of his own race".[7] He also referred to Mobley as a "vicious and mouthy Negro".[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Holt, Thomas Cleveland. Black Over White: Negro Political Leadership in South Carolina During Reconstruction. June 11, 1977. University of Illinois Press. 9780252007750. Google Books.
  2. Web site: 1876. Radical members of the first legislature after the war, South Carolina. 2020-08-25. www.loc.gov. 5th row from the left, 10th column of the credits below the photograph.. en.
  3. Web site: South Carolina's 1868 Radical Members of the Legislature. 2020-08-25. emilyevaughn.com.
  4. News: June Mobley. The Lancaster News. 6 January 1904. 3. The Lancaster News, Lancaster, South Carolina 06 Jan 1904, Wednesday, Page 3.
  5. Book: West, Jerry Lee. The Reconstruction Ku Klux Klan in York County, South Carolina, 1865-1877. January 1, 2002. McFarland. 9780786412587. Google Books.
  6. Book: Cohen, William. At Freedom's Edge: Black Mobility and the Southern White Quest for Racial Control, 1861-1915. June 11, 1991. LSU Press. 9780807116210. Google Books.
  7. Web site: Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877. John Schreiner. Reynolds. August 25, 1905. State Company. Google Books.
  8. Web site: Reconstruction in South Carolina, 1865-1877. John Schreiner. Reynolds. August 25, 1905. State Company. Google Books.

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