List of lynching victims in the United States

This is a list of lynching victims in the United States. Lynching is the summary execution of an offender, or supposed offender, without due process of law, by a self-constituted and irresponsible body of men. Lynchings in the United States rose in number after the American Civil War in the late 19th century, following the emancipation of slaves; they declined in the 1920s. Nearly 3,500 African Americans and 1,300 whites were lynched in the United States between 1882 and 1968.[1] Most lynchings were of African-American men in the Southern United States, but women were also lynched. More than 73 percent of lynchings in the post–Civil War period occurred in the Southern states.[2] White lynchings of black people also occurred in the Midwestern United States and the Border States, especially during the 20th-century Great Migration of black people out of the Southern United States. The purpose was to enforce white supremacy and intimidate black people through racial terrorism.

The body of John Heath, lynched in Tombstone, Arizona, on February 22, 1884, following the Bisbee massacre

According to Ida B. Wells and the Tuskegee University, most lynching victims were accused of murder or attempted murder. Rape or attempted rape was the second most common accusation; such accusations were often pretexts for lynching black people who violated Jim Crow etiquette or engaged in economic competition with white people. Sociologist Arthur F. Raper investigated one hundred lynchings during the 1930s and estimated that approximately one-third of the victims were falsely accused.[3][4]

On a per capita basis, lynchings were also common in California and the Old West, especially of Latinos, although they represented less than 10% of the national total. Native Americans, Asian Americans and Italian-Americans[5][6] were also lynched.[7] Other ethnicities, including Finnish-Americans[8] and German-Americans[9] were also lynched occasionally.

19th century

NameAgeEthnicityCityCounty or ParishStateYearAccusationComment
McIntosh, Francis26African-AmericanSt. LouisN/A (independent city)Missouri1836Complicated, but culminating in death of one constable/deputy sheriff and wounding anotherBurned alive. Lynching had broad local support. Reported on by abolitionist editor Elijah Lovejoy, who was soon lynched himself.
Lovejoy, Elijah35WhiteAltonMadisonIllinois1837Abolitionist newspaper editor and publisherHad moved to Alton to escape violence in St. Louis. Four successive printing presses destroyed. "Not guilty" verdict; jury foreman member of mob.[10]
Smith, Joseph (founder of Mormonism) and brother Hyrum Smith38,
44
WhiteCarthageHancockIllinois1844Technically, treason against state of Illinois, but lynching was for religious views, especially plural marriage/polygamy.In jail awaiting trial. Five men were tried and acquitted.
AdamAfrican-AmericanTampaHillsboroughFlorida1859A white man was murdered; "in keeping with local custom, a slave man was selected to be killed in retribution". State Supreme Court overturned conviction.Mob broke into jail where he was awaiting a new trial and hanged him. Defended by Ossian Hart.[11]:269
Great Hanging at Gainesville (number > 16) Adult men White Gainesville Cooke Texas 1862 Lynching, plus "legal" executions, of Union supporters by Confederate supporters Many lynched before trial was concluded. Prosecution of perpetrators "half-hearted"; only one convicted.[12][13]
Campbell, John (Jack)Mixed race (White/Dakota)[14]MankatoBlue Earth, Nicollet, and Le SueurMinnesota1865Double murderLynched by a mob after an extrajudicial "trial".[15][16]
Taylor, John17African-AmericanMasonInghamMichigan1866Attempted murder of his employer's wife following a wage disputeJohn was a former slave, and had been a teenage soldier for the Union. A mob dragged him from a jail, tortured him and hanged him from a tree, and mutilated and decapitated his body; no one was prosecuted. In 2018 a local park was named the "John Taylor Memorial Park" after him.[15][17]
McLain, TomunknownAfrican-AmericanCoffeevilleYalobushaMississippi1868Alleged murder of white overseer.A masked mob broke into the jail cell with sledge hammers, dragged McLain and Gilbert Quinn from the jail and hung both from a gum tree with the same rope.[18][19]
Quinn, GilbertunknownAfrican-AmericanCoffeevilleYalobushaMississippi1868Alleged accomplice to murder of white overseer.A masked mob broke into the jail cell with sledge hammers, dragged McLain and Gilbert Quinn from the jail and hung both from a gum tree with the same rope.[18][19]
Outlaw, Wyatt49-50African-AmericanGrahamAlamanceNorth Carolina1870Prominent local figure (no crime alleged)63 indictments, but the North Carolina Legislature, to end their cases, repealed the law they were charged with violating.[20]
Stephens, John W.35WhiteYancyvilleCaswellNorth Carolina1870State senator who worked to help freedmenKu Klux Klan; no one charged.
Ah Wing and at least 15 others Chinese Los Angeles Los Angeles California 1871 None Killed in retaliation for the homicide of a rancher.

See: Chinese massacre of 1871

Jones, DavidAfrican-AmericanNashvilleDavidsonTennessee1872Murdering Henry Murray.Taken out of his prison cell and lynched by a mob on the public square.[21][22]
Randolph, JohnAfrican-AmericanOsceolaMississippiArkansas1875Lynched after allegedly confessing to murder of white man[23]
Reed, JosephAfrican-AmericanNashvilleDavidsonTennessee1875Killing a police officerTaken out of his jail cell by an unmasked mob and hanged on a suspension bridge.[24]
Five un-named menAfrican-AmericanMount VernonPoseyIndiana1878Accused of rapeLargest recorded lynching in Indiana. No-one was ever indicted.
Gilmer, BillAfrican-AmericanMemphisShelbyTennessee1879Shot attorney Thomas J. WoodShot. Gilmer was accused of shooting Wood who had whipped Gilmer for using offensive language near his wife.[25][26]
Porter, NevlinAfrican-AmericanStarkvilleOktibbehaMississippi1879Arson[27]
Spencer, JohnsonAfrican-AmericanStarkvilleOktibbehaMississippi1879Arson[28]
Harrington, LeviAfrican-AmericanKansas CityJacksonMissouri1882Killing a police officerNewspapers reported he was innocent, but no one was held accountable for the lynching.[29][30][31][32]
Heath, John28WhiteBisbeeCochiseArizona Territory1884Accessory to robberyMob unsatisfied with lenient sentence
Conorly, Huie16African-AmericanBogalusaWashingtonLouisiana1884Attempted rape[33]
McChristian, PerryWhiteGrenadaGrenadaMississippi1885Murder of white peddler[34]
Williams, FelixWhiteGrenadaGrenadaMississippi1885Murder of white peddler[34]
James, BartleyAfrican-AmericanGrenadaGrenadaMississippi1885Suspicion of murder of white peddler[34]
Campbell, JohnAfrican-AmericanGrenadaGrenadaMississippi1885Suspicion of murder of white peddler[34]
Mingo Jack66African-AmericanEatontownMonmouthNew Jersey1886Rape of a white womanAll suspects acquitted.[35][36]
Woods, Eliza"Colored"JacksonMadisonTennessee1886Supposedly poisoning her employer.Taken from the county jail, stripped naked, hanged in the courthouse yard and her body riddled with bullets and left exposed to view.[37]
Villarosa, Federico (Francesco Valoto)ItalianVicksburgWarren CountyMississippi1886Attempted rape of a 10-year-old white girlHanged from a tree by a mob despite the efforts of the sheriff and state militia.[38]
Miller, Amos23African-AmericanFranklinWilliamsonTennessee1888Assaulting a white womanTaken from the courthouse during his trial and lynched on the balcony railings.[39]
Fletcher, Magruderabout 35African-AmericanTasleyAccomackVirginia1889Raping a white woman in her home[40][41]
Anderson, Orion14African-AmericanLeesburgLoudounVirginia1889"Scaring a teenaged white girl"[42]Hanged from a derrick[41]
Martin, Albert23African-AmericanPort HuronSt. ClairMichigan1889Assault and rapeA mob broke into his jail cell with sledge hammers, dragged him from the jail with a noose around his neck, beat and shot him to death, then hanged his corpse from a bridge.[15][43]
Meadows, George African-American N/A Jefferson Alabama 1889 Rape and murder Lynched despite calls from his accuser that she couldn't confirm he was guilty. Sheriff eventually determined he had been innocent, and another man was later arrested.
Williams, WillieAfrican-AmericanKosseLimestoneTexas1890Rape of an 8 year old white girlTaken from his jail cell by a mob, hanged, and shot multiple times.[44]
Taylor, JimAfrican-AmericanFranklinWilliamsonTennessee1891Shooting a policemanTaken from his jail cell by a mob and lynched on Murfreesboro Road.[45]
11 Italian AmericansItalian-AmericanNew OrleansOrleansLouisiana1891Killing of police chief3 had been acquitted; 3 had a mistrial; 5 never tried. Lynching organized by local leaders, including future mayor Walter C. Flower and future governor John M. Parker. Grand jury brought no charges.
Joe Coe ("A married man with two children")African-AmericanOmahaDouglasNebraska1891Assault on a white girl of 5The Governor and the Sheriff tried unsuccessfully to quiet the crowd in front of the Courthouse. Pieces of the lynching rope were sold as souvenirs. Despite 16 wounds to his body and three broken vertebrae, Coroner said he died of "fright". Grand jury declined to indict.
Lundy, Dick Adult African-American Edgefield Edgefield South Carolina 1891 Murder of son of sheriff Coroner's jury: "by persons unknown"
Champion, Tony
Kelly, Michael
African-American,
White (Irish)
GainesvilleAlachuaFlorida1891MurderTaken together from jail by mob and hanged.[46]
Ford, AndrewAfrican-AmericanGainesvilleAlachuaFlorida1891Beating a man, aiding Harmon MurrayTaken from jail by mob and hanged.[46]
Hinson, HenryAfrican-AmericanMicanopyAlachuaFlorida1892MurderHanged.[46]
UnknownboyAfrican-AmericanWaldoAlachuaFlorida1892Suspicion of burglary and incendiarismHanged.[46]
Moss, TomAdultAfrican-AmericanMemphisShelbyTennessee1892Complaint from competing white grocery store owner.So-called Curve Riot (not a riot). Reported on by Ida B. Wells, whose newspaper was destroyed and had to leave the state.[47]
McDowell, CalvinAdultAfrican-AmericanMemphisShelbyTennessee1892Complaint from competing white grocery store owner.So-called Curve Riot (not a riot). Reported on by Ida B. Wells, whose newspaper was destroyed and had to leave the state.[47]
Stewart, WillAdultAfrican-AmericanMemphisShelbyTennessee1892Complaint from competing white grocery store owner.So-called Curve Riot (not a riot). Reported on by Ida B. Wells, whose newspaper was destroyed and had to leave the state.[47]
Grizzard, EphraimAfrican-AmericanNashvilleDavidsonTennessee1892Assaulting two white girls in Goodlettsville.Taken out of his prison cell and lynched on a bridge in Downtown Nashville in front of 10,000 onlookers. Later taken back to Goodlettsville.[48]
Heflin, LeeWhiteFauquierVirginia1892Convicted murdererSeized from police when they were trying to move him to a safer location.[41]
Dye, JosephWhiteFauquierVirginia1892Convicted murdererSeized from police when they were trying to move him to a safer location.[41]
Shorter, William17African-AmericanWinchesterN/A (independent city)Virginia1893Assault on a white woman[41]
Henry Smith17African-AmericanParisLamarTexas1893Kidnapping and murder of white girl; Smith confessed under duress.Tortured, burned with hot irons, doused in oil and set on fire; his remains were sold as souvenirs.
Peterson, John Adult African-American Denmark Bamberg (at the time, Barnwell County) South Carolina 1893 Attack on a white girl
Willis, CharlesAfrican-AmericanRochelleAlachuaFlorida1894Being a "desperado"[49]Shot and burned in bed.[46]
Puryear, RichardAfrican-AmericanStroudsburgMonroePennsylvania1894MurderLynched by a mob after escaping from jail.[15][50]
Rawls, WilliamAfrican-AmericanNewnansvilleAlachuaFlorida1895MurderHanged and shot.[46]
Divers, EmmettAdultAfrican-AmericanFultonCallawayMissouri1895Murder of a white woman; Jennie E. Cain"Horrible fury of the mob...500 horsemen." Hanged from bridge until dead, taken down and hanged a second time from a telegraph pole at the fairground, "at the request of the murdered woman's husband, John William Cain". Body and cabin burned.[51]
Saladino, Lorenzo; Arena, Salvatore; Giuseppe Venturella33–36, 27, 48ItalianHahnvilleSt. Charles ParishLouisiana1896MurderSaladino was accused of murdering a wealthy merchant. Arena and Venturella happened to have been in the same prison, accused of a different murder. All rounded up together and lynched to "teach the lawless Italians a salutary lesson." After the lynching, another person confessed to the murder for which Arena and Venturella had been lynched.[52]
Daniels, AlfredAfrican-AmericanGainesvilleAlachuaFlorida1896Suspicion of arson (barn burning) (no evidence)Taken by mob on way to jail, hanged and shot.[46]
Randolph, SydneyAdultAfrican-AmericanGaithersburgMontgomeryMaryland1896Killing a white girlTaken from the jail by a mob.[53]
McCoy, Joseph20African-AmericanAlexandriaN/A (independent city)Virginia1897Assault on a young girl[41]
James, John HenryAdultAfrican-AmericanCharlottesville (near)AlbemarleVirginia1898RapeHanged and shot by a mob.
Baker, Frazier B.41African-AmericanLake CityFlorenceSouth Carollna1898Appointed Postmaster

Grand jury did not indict. Since it was a Federal crime (attack on a postmaster) there were 13 Federal indictments; no one convicted

Thompson, Benjamin20African-AmericanAlexandriaN/A (independent city)Virginia1899Attempting to criminally assault an eight year-old white girl[42]hanged from a lamppost at Cameron and Lee Sts., site of several lynchings.[41]
DiFatta brothers (Francesco, Carlo, and Giuseppe);
Cerami, Giovanni;
Rosario Fiducia
ItalianTallulahMadison ParishLouisiana1899Shooting a doctorSicilian immigrant grocery store owners, the DiFatta brothers, quarreled with a local doctor. The doctor fired his pistol at Carlo and was immediately shot and injured by Giuseppe. Sicilian immigrants Cerami and Fiducia were not involved in the dispute and had simply been nearby when the lynching occurred; they were rounded up and lynched alongside the DiFatta brothers because they were Italian.[54]
Hose, Samabout 24African-AmericanNoonanCowetaGeorgia1899Killed his white employer in self-defense. Accusations of rape added to incite lynching.Body parts for sale in a store. Widely publicized and privately investigated.

20th century

NameAgeEthnicityCityCounty or ParishStateYearAccusationComment
Watt, W.W.WhiteNewport NewsN/AVirginia1900AssaultShot[55]
Gause, AndersonAfrican-AmericanHenningLauderdaleTennessee1900Aided escapees[55]
Pete, DagoAfrican-AmericanTutwilerTallahatchieMississippi1900Assaulted colored womanKilled by African American mob[55]
Estes, SilesAfrican-AmericanHodgenvilleLaRueKentucky1901"Forcing...a 15 year old boy...to commit a crime."[56]
Carter, GeorgeAfrican-AmericanParisBourbonKentucky1901"Assaulting a white woman."[57]
Fred Rochelle16African-AmericanBartowPolkFlorida1901Murder and rape of a white womanDoused with kerosene and burned. Special train from Lakeland to see the "barbecue".
Price, Manny,
Scruggs, Robert
African-AmericanNewberryAlachuaFlorida1902Murder,
suspected accomplice
Taken by mob on way to jail, hanged and shot.[46]
Carter, JamesAfrican-AmericanAmherstAmherstVirginia1902Unknown[58]
Craven, CharlesAfrican-AmericanLeesburgLoudounVirginia1902Assault[41]
Steers, Jennie Adult African-American rural area near Shreveport Caddo Louisiana 1903 Poisoning daughter of a planter [59]:70
Fambro, WilliamAfrican-AmericanGriffinSpaldingGeorgia1903Insulted white home[60]
White, GeorgeAdultAfrican-AmericanWilmingtonNew CastleDelaware1903Assaulting teenage girl and leaving her to dieTaken from county workhouse and burned alive. No one was prosecuted.
Jarvis, Washington25WhiteMadisonMadisonFlorida1903Accused of murdering his cousin.[61]
Clark, JumboAfrican-AmericanHigh SpringsAlachuaFlorida1904Assault of 14 year old white girlTaken by mob on way to jail, hanged and shot.[46]
Holbert, Luther,
unnamed female
African-AmericanDoddsvilleSunflowerMississippi1904Murder of a white landownerTortured and burned alive, crowd of some 600 attended the lynching.[62]
Cato, Will
Reed, Paul
African-American Statesboro Bulloch Georgia 1904 Murder of five members of a family Seized by mob from courthouse after conviction for murder, chained to stump and burned
Johnson, Ed23-24African-AmericanChattanoogaHamiltonTennessee1906Rape of white womanSheriff and two others sentenced to 6 months in jail, three others with 3 months, for abetting the lynching. Only criminal case ever with direct involvement of the U.S. Supreme Court; see United States v. Shipp
Richardson, BunkAfrican-AmericanGadsdenEtowahAlabama1906Sentenced to death without being charged with any crime; Governor commuted it to life imprisonment.Mob seized him from the jail.
Pitts, SlabAfrican-AmericanToyahReevesTexas1906Living with a white womanDragged to death before being hanged.[63]
Long, JackWhiteNewberryAlachuaFlorida1908MurderHanged.[46]
Miller, WilliamAfrican-AmericanBrightonJeffersonAlabama1908Labor activistJefferson County had the highest number of lynchings in Alabama (29).[64]
Riley, Joseph and Jones, Virgil, Robert and Thomas African-American Russellville Logan County Kentucky 1908 Rufus Browder, a friend and lodge lodge brother of the group, killed his employer with an axe after being shot in the chest. Browder was arrested and sent to Louisville. The four victims had expressed approval of Browder's action and were jailed for disturbing the peace after holding a meeting. On August 1, 1908 a mob demanded release of the men, and lynched them from a tree. A note pinned to one of the men read, "Let this be a warning to you niggers to let white people alone or you will go the same way."[65]
Patton, NelseAfrican-AmericanOxfordLafayetteMississippi1908Killing a white womanProminent attorney and former U.S. Senator William V. Sullivan, in his own words, "led the mob...and I'm proud of it".[66][67][68]
Walker, David, his wife and four childrenAfrican-AmericanHickmanFultonKentucky1908Using inappropriate language with a white woman[69]
Wades, Jake African-American Lakeland Polk Florida 1909 Accused of rape Transported from Gainesville to Lakeland to be identified and lynched[70]
Miller Jim47WhitePontotocPontotocOklahoma1909Suspicion of murder of a lawman[71]
Burrell, Berry38WhitePontotocPontotocOklahoma1909Suspicion of murder of a lawman[71]
Allen, Joseph43WhitePontotocPontotocOklahoma1909Suspicion of murder of a lawman[71]
West, Jesse46WhitePontotocPontotocOklahoma1909Suspicion of murder of a lawman[71]
Albano, Angelo and Castenge FicarottaItalianTampaHillsborough CountyFlorida1910Complicity in a shooting[72]
William Bradford African-American Chunky Newton Mississippi 1911 Accused of attempted murder of two white farmers [73]
Nelson, LauraAfrican-AmericanOkemahOkfuskeeOklahoma1911Killing a Deputy sheriff.Gang-raped and lynched together with her son, 14, after trying to protect him during a meat-pilfering investigation.[74]
Walker, Zachariah20-24African-AmericanCoatesvilleChesterPennsylvania1911Killing of a police officer, possibly in self-defenseTaken from hospital room and burned alive. Fifteen men and teenage boys were indicted, but all were acquitted at trials.[75]
Lewis, SanfordAfrican-AmericanFort SmithSebastianArkansas1912Shooting a constableFive policemen fined $100 each for "nonfeasance of office". Entire police force fired. Mayor voted out. Man charged with lynching acquitted.[76]
White, HenryAfrican-AmericanCampvilleAlachuaFlorida1913Found under white woman's bedHanged, noose broke, shot.[46]
Williams, Andrew35African-AmericanHoustonChickasawMississippi1913Murder of John C. Williams, Wife of the Deputy Chancery ClerkDragged from jail and hanged at a nearby tree, upon the alleged statement of two African-American women;[77] the women who made the statement were arrested the next day for making a false statement, according to one source[78] and/or disappeared.[79] The day after Williams was lynched, a second African-American, named in different reports as 'Divel Rucker', 'Dizell Rucker' and 'Dibrell Tucker; was lynched and burned at the stake on the assumption that he, not Williams, was the actual murdered[80][81]
Rucker, Divel20African-AmericanHoustonChickasawMississippi1913Murder of John C. Williams, Wife of the Deputy Chancery ClerkThe day after Andrew Williams was lynched by hanging for this murder, Rucker was presumed by the mob to be the actual murderer and, allegedly, confessed to the crime. He was tied to an iron stake, covered with tar, and set afire. The family of the victim shot him as he was burning[82] According to the New York Sun report, "The Rucker lynching was the most spectacular in the history of Mississippi and there was no attempt at concealment or evasion."[83][81]
Turner, Allen 47 African-American Western area of Parish (county) Union Louisiana 1914 Accused of Assaulting a white man (J.P. McDougall)[84] J.P. McDougall was whipping Allen Turner's son. Allen was defending his son. Taken from deputy sheriff and shot to death. It is said that Allen's body was then dragged through the roads of Spearsville.
Leo Frank31JewishMariettaCobbGeorgia1915Killing a 13-year-old girlNo charges filed; posthumously pardoned.
Stevenson, Cordella African-American Columbus Lowndes Mississippi 1915 Her son was accused of burning a white man's barn, he was unavailable, so they raped and murdered her Her husband Arch was never seen alive after December 15[85]
Dr Benjamin E Ward37WhiteNormanClevelandOklahoma1915Murdering his wifeMob expected him to be freed on grounds of insanity.[86]
Newberry Six lynchings (Baskins, Rev. Josh J.,
Dennis, Bert,
Dennis, James,
Dennis, Mary,
McHenry, Andrew, and
Young, Stella)
AdultsAfrican-AmericanNewberryAlachuaFlorida1916Helping a man who had shot and killed a constableJames Dennis was shot. The others were hanged. Mary Dennis had two children and was pregnant. Stella Young had four children.[46][87]
Lang, EdAfrican-AmericanRiceNavarroTexas1916"Attacking a young woman."Taken from a sheriff's posse and hanged.[88]
Anthony Crawford[89]51African-AmericanAbbevilleAbbevilleSouth Carolina1916Offensive languageCoroner's jury: "persons unknown"
Jesse Washington[90]17African-AmericanWacoMcLennanTexas1916Murder;Washington confessed and a jury found him guilty. Dragged behind car, castrated, fingers cut off, ear cut off, burned alive. Professionally photographed; pictures sold as postcards. Lynching of "political value" to Sheriff and to the Judge who presided over his trial. "On the way to the scene of the burning, people on every hand took a hand in showing their feelings in the matter by striking the Negro with anything obtainable, some struck him with shovels, bricks, clubs and others stabbed him and cut him until when he was strung up his body was a solid color of red."[90]:5
Herman Arthur and brother Irving19 and 28-years-oldAfrican-AmericanParis, TexasLamar CountyTexas1917MurderPulled from jail and burned alive
Daley, Starr 26 White Pinal Arizona May 6, 1917 Homicide (Two murders) plus two rapes Accused admitted guilt in trial; taken from Sherriff en route to jail and Hanged from a telephone pole; last Lynching in Arizona
Ell Personsabout 50African-AmericanMemphisShelbyTennessee1917Raping and killing a white girlNo charges filed.
McIlherron, Jim [91]African-AmericanEstill SpringsFranklinTennessee1918Killing two white peopleTortured, then burned alive. Spectators came from as far as 50 miles away. Postcards sold. "No information sufficient to indict."
Clark, Andrew and Major; Alma and Maggie House16, 20, 16, 20African-AmericanShubuta ("hanging bridge")ClarkeMississippi1918Alleged murder of dentistDentist had affairs with both sisters, who were pregnant, likely with his child; the brothers had romantic interest in the girls. After the lynching the babies were seen squirming in their mothers bellies.[92]
Taylor, GeorgeAfrican-AmericanRolesvilleWakeNorth Carolina1918Rape of a white womanNo charges were filed.[93] There is a Web site on this lynching.[94]
Jay Lynch28WhiteMissouriBartonMissouri1919MurderHanged.
Mary Turner[95]18African-AmericanBridge joining Brooks County and Lowndes County, GeorgiaGeorgia1918Publicly opposed and threatened legal action against white people who had murdered her husband, unfairly accused (according to her) of killing an abusive landowner.Hanged upside down from a tree, doused her in gasoline and motor oil and set her on fire. Turner was still alive when a member of the mob split her abdomen open with a knife and her unborn child fell on the ground. The baby was stomped and crushed as it fell to the ground. Turner's body was riddled with hundreds of bullets.
Hayes Turner25African-AmericanMorvenBrooksGeorgia1918Accused of helping kill an abusive landowner.Wife Mary killed next day for defending him.
Thompson, AllieAfrican-AmericanCulpeperCulpeperVirginia1918Assault[41]
Mosely, Sam African-American Florida Columbia Florida 1919 Accused of assaulting a white woman. [96]
Everest, Wesley 28 White Centralia Lewis Washington 1919 Homicide Hanged from a bridge during the Centralia Massacre labor conflict
Little, Wilbur African-American Blakely Early Georgia 1919 Wearing uniform of his WWI military service to the United States
Brown, Will41African-AmericanOmahaDouglasNebraska1919RapePart of the Omaha race riot of 1919
Williams, EugeneAfrican-AmericanChicagoCookIllinois1919Racial unrestA white officer refused to arrest the murderer, and instead arrested a black man who complained about it.[97]
Robinson, RobertAfrican-AmericanChicagoCookIllinois1919He was black, and they wanted to kill a blackRobinson was an Army Reserve veteran.[98]
Ashley, BobAfrican-AmericanDublinLaurensGeorgia1919Hoped to shoot someone elseA group of men thought another man might be inside Ashley's house, so they shot into the house, mortally wounding Ashley.[99]
Hamilton, EugeneAfrican-AmericanJasperGeorgia1919Convicted by all-white jury of attempting to shoot a white farmer; case before Georgia Court of Appeals.Mob of 60 stopped car of sheriff who was driving him for protection to nearest large city, Macon. Driven to a bridge in Jasper County and shot to death. Governor was "livid".[100]:233–234
Cox, ObeAfrican-AmericanOglethorpe CountyGeorgia1919Accused of murdering a white farmer's wifeTaken to the scene of the crime, his body riddled with bullets and burned at the stake. Several thousand persons witnessed the scene. Controversial as the local Black communisty "thanked" the mob for just killing Cox and not attacking their community.[101]
Jones, PaulAfrican-AmericanMacon (near)BibbGeorgia1919Attacking a white woman.Mob of 400 found him, refused to turn him over to sheriff's deputies. Soaked in gasoline, set on fire; shot while he burned.[100]:241
Jameson, JordanAfrican-AmericanMagnoliaColumbiaArkansas1919Killing a sheriff.Burned to death in the public square.[100]:241
Walters, LemuelAfrican-AmericanLongviewGreggTexas1919Making "indecent advances" to a white woman.
Holden, GeorgeAfrican-AmericanMonroe (near)OuachitaLouisiana1919Writing a suggestive note to a white woman[102]Mob stopped a train, dragged him off, and shot him.[100]:18
Wilkins, WillieAfrican-AmericanJenkinsGeorgia1919Friend of man believed to have killed lawman.[100]:8
Ruffin, JohnAfrican-AmericanJenkinsGeorgia1919Son of man believed to have killed lawman.[100]:7–8
Ruffin, HenryAfrican-AmericanJenkinsGeorgia1919Son of man believed to have killed lawman.[100]:7–8
Walters, LemuelAfrican-AmericanLongviewGreggTexas1919Consensual sex with white womanThe report of the affair and the subsequent coverup led to the Longview riots.[103]
Richards, BennyAfrican-AmericanWarrentonWarrenGeorgia1919Accused of murdering his ex-wife and shooting 5 others300 men lynched Richards, a farmer.[104][105]
Clay, LloydAfrican-AmericanVicksburgWarrenMississippi1919False rape accusation1000 men broke through three steel doors to abduct Clay from jail before hanging, shooting, and burning him.[106]
Prince, HenryAfrican-AmericanHawkinsvillePulaskiGeorgia1919Unknown[107]
Waters, JimAfrican-AmericanJohnsonGeorgia1919Rape accusationInvestigation closed in one hour with no witnesses interviewed.[107]
Livingston, Frank25African-AmericanEl DoradoUnionArkansas1919False murder accusationOne of many returning WWI veterans lynched in 1919.[108]
Washington, Berry72African-AmericanMilanDodge and TelfairGeorgia1919Defended black girls from white home invaders.Many black homes burned to discourage citizens from coming forward[109]
Chilton Jennings28African-AmericanGilmerUpshur CountyTexas1919Assaulted a white women, Mrs. Virgie Haggard He was arrested and a mob of about 1,000 white people stormed the jail and broke down the door with sledgehammers. A noose was placed around his neck and he was dragged by horse to the town square where he was hanged.[110] Four people were later arrested for the lynching, murder indictments were served for Willie Howell, Charlie Lansdale, Fritz Boyd, and Francis Flanagan.[111]
Phifer, Miles (or Relius)African-AmericanMontgomeryMontgomeryAlabama1919Assault of a white womanWas wearing military uniform[112]
Temple, WillAfrican-AmericanMontgomeryMontgomeryAlabama1919Killing a police officer[112]
Miles Phifer, Robert Crosky and John TempleAfrican-AmericanMontgomeryMontgomeryAlabama1919Assault of a white woman[112]
Hartfield, JohnAfrican-AmericanEllisvilleJonesMississippi1919Assaulting a young white woman"The biggest newspaper in the state, Jackson Daily News, carried headlines announcing the exact time and place of the coming orgy.[113] Ten thousand people answered the paper's invitation and they were addressed by the District Attorney, T. W. Wilson, while the lynching was going on."[114]:9
Thomas, WadeAfrican-AmericanJonesboroCraigheadArkansas1920Killing a policemanTaken from jail by a mob, hanged, then riddled with bullets.[115]
Gathers, Phillip African-American Effingham Georgia 1920 Murder
Scott, HenryAfrican AmericanBartowPolkFlorida1920He asked a white woman to wait until he had prepared another woman's train berthShot[116]
Daniels, Lige16-18African-AmericanCenterShelbyTexas1920Accused of murdering a white woman.Taken from jail by a mob of approx 1000 to the town square and hanged[117]
Clayton, Elias, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie20-23African-AmericanDuluthSt. LouisMinnesota1920Rape of a teenage girlTaken from jail by mob, given mock trials, beaten and hanged from light-post. No one was prosecuted.
Belton Roy18WhiteTulsaTulsaOklahoma1920Suspicion of murder of cab driver[118]
July Perry[119]52African-AmericanOcoeeOrangeFlorida1920Sign on body: "This is what we do to niggers that vote."Prosperous black farmer. See Ocoee massacre.
Eley, Jesse 46 African-American Murfreesboro Hertford North Carolina 1921 Owned a 50 arch farm which caused jealousy from some white neighbors. Jesse Eley was returning from the market in Murfreesboro, North Carolina. He bought some grain for his cattle. He had two workers riding with him in his horse-drawn wagon. As he reached the outskirts of town, he entered a path that went into a wooded area. Several men were hiding in the woods entrance waiting for him. As his wagon entered the woods, the men stopped Jesse. They began beating him and eventually hanged him on a tree. Jesses workers took off running. One of them ran back to Jesses farm to let the family know what was happening. The family got a horse-drawn buggy and went to rescue him. By the time they got there, Jesse was barely alive. They found him because he raised one of his legs in the air to let them know where he was.

Jesse had a hole in his head, and his stomach was cut open. His throat was seizing up because of the hanging. As they put him into the buggy, he died. [120] [121]

Lowry, Henry ("a negro sharecropper")African-AmericanNodenaMississippiArkansas1921Asked for his wagesBurned to death; crowd of 500[114]:3
James Harvey and Joe Jordan African-American N/A Liberty Georgia 1922 Attacked and raped white woman following a pay dispute with her husband Hanged by a mob of about 50 men while in police custody.
Wright, Charles
Young, Arthur[122]
one other
African-AmericanPerryTaylorFlorida1922Murder of white teacherWright was taken from sheriff by a large mob, tortured into confession, and burned at the stake. Arthur Young was later taken from the jail and he and another man were shot and hanged. Several African American community buildings and homes were burned in the Perry race riot.
Young, Albert (or Arthur)21African-AmericanPerryTaylorFlorida1922Murder of a white schoolteacherTortured, then burned alive
Scott, James T. (Janitor at University of Missouri)35-56African-AmericanColumbiaBooneMissouri1923Raping the white daughter of a professor.Before he could stand trial, a mob broke him out of jail and hanged him. The daughter would later identify a different man as her rapist. Jury found perpetrator innocent in 11 minutes. Memorial plaque erected 2016.[123][124]
Wilson, AbrahamAfrican-AmericanNewberryAlachuaFlorida1923Cattle stealingServing 6-month sentence when taken from jail and hanged.[46][125]
Carter, Sam45African-AmericanRosewoodLevyFlorida1923Assault, rape, and robbery of a white womanTortured. Shot before being hanged. See Rosewood massacre.
Smith, Samuel15African-AmericanNolensvilleWilliamsonTennessee1924Stealing spark plugs in a garage.Taken out of his hospital room in Nashville and lynched by a mob of masked men where he was first caught.[126]
Jordan, JamesAdultAfrican-AmericanWaverlySussexVirginia1925Married woman "attacked" in her home.The case and two others helped lead to the Virginia Anti-Lynching Law of 1928, the first state law against lynching.[127][128]
Marshall, Robert African-American Price Carbon Utah 1925 Accused of killing a white guard The allegation was based on the testimony of two young boys who said they saw a black man running from the scene of the crime. Marshall was lynched in front of a crowd of 1,000. When the sheriff arrived, he cut Marshall down and was putting him in the car when Marshall made noise indicating he was alive. The mob shouted to lynch him again. Afterward, Marshall's body was put on display in the funeral parlor and photos of the lynching were sold door-to-door for 25 cents. In 1998 the community provided a headstone for him.[129]
Buddington, George55African-AmericanWaldoAlachuaFlorida1926Attempted to collect debt from a white woman at gunpointMob broke lock on jail, took Buddington out of town and shot him to death.[46][130]
Clark, JamesAfrican-AmericanEau GallieBrevardFlorida1926Rape of a white girlNo attempt to verify crime nor identify murderers: last known lynching in Brevard County[131][132]
Selak, Fred N.61WhiteGrand LakeGrandColorado1926NoneMurdered in part because of a fencing dispute, but also to steal money thought to be stashed on his property.[133]
Carter, John[134]38African-AmericanLittle RockPulaskiArkansas1927Attacking a white woman and her motherNo charges filed; "mob" responsible.
Unknown maleAfrican-AmericanMarionCrittendenArkansas1930sTeaching the black children of Marked Tree, Arkansas to readBurned, sign posted "run niggers run!".[135]
Grant, GeorgeAfrican-AmericanDarienMcIntoshGeorgia1930Killing a police officer, and wounding three other peopleSheriff: "I don't know who killed the nigger and I don't give a damn."[114]:10
Shipp, Thomas[136][137][138]18African-AmericanMarionGrantIndiana1930Accessory to homicide during holdup of white man; rumors of rapeNo charges filed.
Abram Smith[136]19African-AmericanMarionGrantIndiana1930Accessory to homicide during holdup of white man; rumors of rapeNo charges filed.
Hughes, GeorgeAfrican-AmericanShermanGraysonTexas1930Pled guilty to criminal assault.Courthouse stormed (during trial), burned down with Hughes locked in vault, fire hoses cut. Body then dragged behind car and hanged, and fire lit under it. Followed by riot and destruction of black businesses. Two persons received two-year sentences for violence.[139]
Charles Wright[136]21African-AmericanRosewoodLevyFlorida1930Homicide during holdup of white man; rumors of rapeNo charges filed.
Parker, JohnAfrican-AmericanConwayFaulknerArkansas1931Stealing some peaches[114] < <:4
Gunn, RaymondAfrican-AmericanMaryvilleNodawayMissouri1931Murdering a white womanBurned to death. National Guard stood by and watched.[114]:10
Wise, Mrs.African-AmericanFrankfort (Frankford?)Virginia (West Virginia?)1931Objected to her daughter being taken out for "rides" with white Klansmen.[114]:8
Williams, Matthew23African-AmericanSalisburyWicomicoMaryland1931Killing his employerTaken forcibly from hospital. No indictment despite numerous witnesses.[114]:9–10
Tillis, DaveAfrican-AmericanCrockettHoustonTexas1932"Demanded an accounting from his landlord. Charged with 'entering the bedroom of a white woman'".[114]:4–5
Thompson, Shedrick (also spelled "Shamrock")39African-AmericanruralFauquierVirginia1932Assault and rape.
Lawrence, ElizabethAfrican-AmericanruralJeffersonAlabama1933Reprimanding a group of white children[140]
Armwood, George23African-AmericanPrincess AnneSomersetMaryland1933Attempted assault and rapeGrand jury declined to indict any of the lynchers identified by State Police. Last lynching in Maryland.
Holmes, John, and Thomas Thurmond29
27
WhiteSan JoseSanta ClaraCalifornia1933Kidnapping and murder of department store heir Brooke HartAn estimated 10,000 people witnessed the lynching. California Governor James Rolph called the act "a fine lesson for the whole nation."[141]
Claude Neal23African-AmericanGreenwoodJacksonFlorida1934Rape and murder of 19 year old white femaleLynchers said he "didn't deserve a trial". Castrated, forced to consume his genitals, stabbed, burned with hot irons, toes and fingers removed, hanged, body tied behind automobile. Followed by Marianna riots. Important case in helping to bring lynching to an end.
Higginbotham, Elwood28African-AmericanOxfordLafayetteMississippi1935Killed in self-defense a white man that attacked him after he complained about the white man's cattle running over his field.Killed when jury did not bring back guilty verdict promptly. Widow and extended family immediately left Mississippi.[142]
Reuben Stacey (also found as Rubin Stacy)37African-AmericanFort LauderdaleBrowardFlorida1935Assault with a knifeLaw enforcement officer; grand jury refused to indict.[143]
Roosevelt Townes and Robert McDanielsAfrican-AmericanDuck HillMontgomeryMississippi1937Pair suspected in the robbery and shooting of a shopkeeper.Tied to a tree and tortured with blowtorches to extract a confession. McDaniels shot, Townes burned alive. Photos of the lynching made the national media.[144]
Williams, ElbertAfrican-AmericanBrownsvilleHaywoodTennessee1940Registering to vote and starting an NAACP chapter.Last reported lynching in Tennessee.[145]
Green, Ernest, and Charlie Lang14, 15African-AmericanShubuta ("hanging bridge")ClarkeMississippi1942Attempted rape.[146]:101
Wright, Cleo26African-AmericanSikestonScottMissouri1942Home invasion, attempted murder, attempted rape, resisting arrestAround 100 black people left Sikeston and never returned.[147]
Harrison, Cellos31African-AmericanMariannaJacksonFlorida1943Murder of a white man.Awaiting new trial after conviction overturned on appeal.
Willie James Howard[148]15African-AmericanLive OakSuwanneeFlorida1944Sending Christmas card with "a note expressing his affection" to a white girl.Forced to jump to his death in the Suwanee River. Grand jury refused to indict.
Moore's Ford lynchings (George W. and Mae Murray Dorsey; Roger and Dorothy Malcom)AdultsAfrican-AmericanWaltonGeorgia1946Stabbing of a white man (Roger Malcom)Huge investigation. 2003 and 2016 books on this investigation. No one charged.
Willie Earle24African-AmericanGreenvilleGreenvilleSouth Carolina1947Killing of taxi driver31 suspects charged; all acquitted.
Council, Lynn about 19 African-American near Raleigh Wake North Carolina 1952 Robbery He survived. Newspapers treat it as a lynching. Council has received apologies from the law enforcement agencies involved.
Banks, Isadore59African-AmericanMarionCrittendenArkansas1954Being prosperous[149]
Till, Emmett14African-AmericanMoneyLeFloreMississippi1955Flirting with white womanBeaten and mutilated before shooting him in the head and sinking his body in the Tallahatchie River. Perpetrators acquitted by all-white jury, then openly admitted they did it. Historical markers shot and defaced 2006–2018.[150]
Parker, Mack Charles 22 or 23 African-American Bridge over Pearl River between Mississippi and Louisiana Pearl River Mississippi 1959 Rape and kidnapping of a white woman; charges possibly fabricated. No one indicted.
Chaney, James21African-AmericanPhiladelphiaNeshobaMississippi1964Civil rights workerA federal jury in 1967 convicted the sheriff and six others of conspiracy to violate civil rights; they received minor punishment. A state jury in 2005 found the Ku Klux Klan organizer, Edgar Ray Killen, guilty of three counts of manslaughter; he died in prison. National outrage contributed to passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Morris, Frank 49-50 African-American Ferriday Concordia Louisiana 1964 "Flirting" with white females [151]:152
Rembert, Winifred 19 African-American Cuthbert Randolph Georgia 1965 Fighting with deputy while in jail for stealing car to get away from two men shooting at him. Survived. As of 2019, Rembert is a successful leatherwork artist. He has had at least two documentary films made about his story.[152][153][154][155][156]
Pyszko, Marian54Polish JewDetroitWayneMichigan1975None.Killed by African American youths during riot.
Donald, Michael 19 African-American Mobile Mobile Alabama 1981 None (Klan looked to kill a black man because killer of white policeman got mistrial). Three Klansmen (Henry Hays, James Knowles, and Benjamin Cox) were convicted of Donald's murder. Henry Hays was sentenced to death and executed in the electric chair in 1997. James Knowles and Benjamin Cox were sentenced to life in prison. A civil suit against the United Klans of America caused their bankruptcy.
Turks, Willie 34 African-American New York City Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn New York 1982Drove through a majority-white neighborhood between his subway maintenance shifts Turks and three two other black subway employees were attacked by 15 to 20 assailants who shouted racial epithets. Gino Bova, 18 at the time, was sentenced to 5 to 15 years in prison for manslaughter. Justice Sybil Hart Kooper said at the sentencing: "There was a lynch mob on Avenue X that night. The only thing missing was a rope and a tree." [157][158]
Griffith, Michael 23 Afro-Caribbean New York City Howard Beach, Queens New York 1986Walked through a majority-white neighborhood after his car broke down
Seraw, Mulugeta 28 Ethiopian Portland, Oregon Multnomah County, Oregon Oregon November 13, 1988None (white supremacists)
Hawkins, Yusef 16 African-American New York City Bensonhurst, Brooklyn New York 1989Either mistaken as or randomly targeted in place of another black teenager who was dating a local girl Hawkins' murder became a major political issue during the 1989 New York City mayoral election season and, alongside the lynchings of Willie Turks and Michael Griffith, played a role in the unseating of incumbent mayor Ed Koch.
Yankel Rosenbaum 29 Australian Jew New York City Crown Heights, Brooklyn New York 1991 None Rosenbaum, a student from Australia, was stabbed to death by a mob as part of the Crown Heights Riot.[159] Both New York Senator Daniel Moynihan and New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins called the killing a lynching. Dinkins said: "I think that the death of Yankel Rosenbaum was a lynching, as was Yusuf Hawkins. No question. Whatever term one gives to these kinds of vicious murders, that's what it is."[160]
Byrd Jr., James49African-AmericanJasperJasperTexas1998None (white supremacists)Dragged to death behind a car, until his head hit a culvert. Perpetrators convicted; two executed, one to life imprisonment.

21st century

NameAgeEthnicityCityCounty or ParishStateYearAccusationComment
Arbery, Ahmaud25African-AmericanSatilla ShoresGlynnGeorgia2020BurglaryChased down and shot

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