Tag: Ma Barker

• History Daily: August 22

  THE BARKER GANG ROB A FEDERAL RESERVE MAIL TRUCK AND KILL A POLICE OFFICER WHILE GETTING AWAY WITH NO MONEY Image: Ma Barker (Wikimedia Commons) The infamous Barker gang holds up a Federal Reserve mail truck in Chicago, Illinois, and kills a police officer. After obtaining only a stack of worthless checks, the Barkers returned…

  August 22, 2023

  1700s, 1930s, 1960s, American Revolutionary War, Barker Gang, Black history, crime & punishment, Fannie Lou Hamer, Fannie Lou HamerCivil Rights Movement, History Daily, King George III, King George IIIAmerican colonies, Ma Barker

  1700s, 1930s, 1960, American colonies, American Revolution, Barker Gang, Black history, Civil Rights Movement, crime & punishment, Fannie Lou Hamer, History Daily, King George III, Ma Barker