New UA Class Reveals History of Local Lynchings February 28, 2017 | No Comments February 27, 2017 “TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — In the fall of 1933, Dennis Cross, a 50-year-old black man who was paralyzed from the waist down, was accused of sexually assaulting a white woman in Tuscaloosa.…” The University of Alabama News Articles | Tags: John Giggie, lynching