THE LYNCHING CENTURY
1865 - 1965
AFRICAN AMERICANS
WHO DIED IN RACIAL VIOLENCE
IN THE UNITED STATES
CHRONOLOGY: DATES OF DEATH
1940 – 1965
1940
Name Death Place State Month Year
Elbert
Williams murdered Browsnville Texas June 22 1940
Jesse
Thornton murdered Luverne Alabama June 28 1940
O'Dee
Henderson murdered Fairfield Alabama May 9 1940
Austin
Callaway lynched LaGrange Georgia September 8 1940
1941
Name Death Place State Month Year
Robert
Melker murdered Cherryville No. Carolina April 13 1941
Bruce Tisdale murdered Andrews So.
Carolina February 20-25 1941
A.C.
Williams murdered Quincy Florida May 13 1941
Robert
Sapp murdered Blakely Georgia May 6 1941
1942
Name Death Place State Month Year
Cleo
Wright lynched Sikeston Missouri Janaury 25 1942
Willie Vinson lynched Texarkana Texas July
13 1942
J. E.
Person lynched Paris Illinois October 1942
2 unidentified black
boys
(14 years
old) lynched Shubuta Mississippi October 12 1942
Howard
Wash lynched Laurel Mississippi October 17 1942
1943
Name Death Place State Month Year
5 unidentified
blacks murdered Harlem NYC New York August 2 1943
Robert
Hall lynched Newton Georgia January 30 1943
Cellos
Harrison lynched Marianna Florida June 16 1943
25 unidentified
blacks murdered Detroit Michigan June 20-21 1943
1944
Name Death Place State Month Year
Rev. Isaac
Simmons lynched Amite Co Mississippi March 26 1944
J. T.
Scales lynched Pikesville Tennessee November 23 1944
1945
Name Death Place State Month Year
Porter
Turner murdered De Kalb Co Georgia August 1945
1946
Name Death Place State Month Year
James
Walker murdered Elko So. Carolina August 12 1946
John
Jones lynched Minden Louisiana August 6 1946
2 unidentified
blacks murdered Columbia Tennessee February 28 1946
Leon
McTatie lynched Lexington Mississippi July 22 1946
Roger
Malcolm murdered Monroe Georgia July 26 1946
Mrs. Roger
Malcolm murdered Monroe Georgia July 26 1946
George
Dorsey murdered Monroe Georgia July 26 1946
Mrs. George
Dorsey murdered Monroe Georgia July 26 1946
1947
Name Death Place State Month Year
Willie
Earle lynched Pickens No. Carolina February 17 1947
13 blacks lynched
report Tuskegee Inst Jan-June 1947
1948
Name Death Place State Month Year
Robert
Mallard murdered Lyons Georgia November 20 1948
Isiah
Nixon murdered Alston Georgia September 8 1948
1949
Name Death Place State Month Year
Ernest
Thomas murdered Perry Florida July 26 1949
Calif
Hill lynched Irwinton Georgia May 30 1949
Hollis
Riles lynched Bainbridge Georgia September 3 1949
1950
Name Death Place State Month Year
Willie
Carlisle murdered Lafayette Alabama February 18 1950
Charlie
Hurst murdered Pell City Alabama February 22 1950
3 children of Thomas
Harris murdered Kosciusko Mississippi January
9 1950
1951
Name Death Place State Month Year
Harry
Moore murdered Mims Florida December 25 1951
Mrs. Harry
Moore murdered Mims Florida December 25 1951
Melvin
Womack murdered Winter Garden Florida March 31 1951
Rev. Joseph
Mann murdered Norfolk Virginia May 29 1951
1 unidentified black
man murdered Groveland Florida November 6 1951
1952
No listing
1953
No listing
1954
Name Death Place State Month Year
Henry
Randle murdered Holmes Co Mississippi July 1954
1955
Name Death Place State Month Year
Lamar
Smith murdered Brookhaven Mississippi August 13 1955
Emmett
Till lynched Money Mississippi August 28 1955
H.
Bromley murdered Heathsville Virginia December 22 1955
Clinton
Melton murdered Glendora Mississippi December 3 1955
H.
Johnson murdered Gonzales Texas December 7 1955
Rev. George W.
Lee murdered Belzoni Mississippi May 7 1955
John
Reese murdered Mayflower Texas October 22 1955
1956
Name Death Place State Month Year
Rev. L. C.
Baldwin murdered Huntsville Alabama April 22 1956
Maybelle
Mahone murdered Zebulon Georgia December 7 1956
Dr. Thomas
Brewer murdered Columbus Georgia February 18 1956
9 members of Taplin
family murdered Centerville Mississippi June 1956
Mrs. M. A.
Rigdon murdered Newton Georgia October 6 1956
1957
Name Death Place State Month Year
O.
Moore murdered Jackson Mississippi February 7 1957
Willie Edwards murdered Montgomery Alabama January
23 1957
1 unidentified black
woman (wife of civil rights
activist) murdered Ringgold Georgia November 1957
1958
Name Death Place State Month Year
James
Brazier murdered Dawson Georgia April 20 1958
Woodrow Daniel murdered Yalobusha
Co Mississippi May 1958
1959
Name Death Place State Month Year
Mack
Parker lynched Poplarville Mississippi April 25 1959
William
Person murdered Wake Forest No. Carolina August
24 1959
Rev. Horace
Bell murdered Selma Alabama May 29 1959
Luther
Jackson murdered Philadelphia Mississippi October 1959
1960
No listing
1961
No listing
1962
Name Death Place State Month Year
1 unidentified Black
Muslim murdered Los Angeles California April
27 1962
1963
Name Death Place State Month Year
Medgar
W. Evers murdered Jackson Mississippi June
12 1963
Addie Mae Collins,
age 10, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963
Denise McNairm age
11, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963
Carol Robertson,
age 14, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963
Johnny Robinson,
age 16, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963
Virgil Ware, age
13, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963
Cynthia Wesley,
age 14, murdered Birmingham Alabama September 15 1963
1964
Name Death Place State Month Year
Mrs. Johnnie
Mae Chappell murdered Jacksonville Florida March
23 1964
Charles E.
Moore lynched Jackson Mississippi May 2 1964
Henry Dee lynched Jackson Mississippi May
2 1964
James
Earl Chaney murdered Philadelphia Mississippi June
21 1964
Lemuel Augustus Penn murdered Colbert Georgia July
11 1964
James Powell murdered New
York City New York July 16 1964
Jay Jenkins murdered New
York City New York July 18 1964
1965
Name Death Place State Month Year
Allie
W. Shelby murdered Flora Mississippi January
22 1965
Malcom X murdered New
York City New York February 21 1965
Deputy
O'Neal Moore murdered Bogalusa Louisiana June
2 1965
Willie Brewster murdered Anniston Alabama July
15 1965
28 unidentified
blacks murdered Los Angeles (Watts) California August
11-16 1965
Perry Small lynched Greensboro Alabama August
27 1965
Eddie Cook murdered Detroit Michigan November
7 1965