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Lynching of Robert Collins

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Lynching of Robert Collins
Part of Jim Crow Era
News coverage of the Lynching of Robert Collins
DateJune 20, 1922
LocationSummit, Pike County, Mississippi
ParticipantsWhite mob of about 100 people
DeathsRobert Collins

Robert "Bob" Collins was an African-American man who was lynched in Summit, Pike County, Mississippi by a mob of about 100 people on June 20, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 32nd of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. [1]

Background

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There was an attempted assault of a young woman near Summit, Mississippi. Months later, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, the section foreman of the Illinois Central Railroad, F. L. Blake "captured" Robert Collins and notified Marshal E.E. Blount of Summit, Mississippi. Marshal Blount travelled to Ponchatoula and escorted Collins across the State line to the house of the victim. Once there he allegedly confessed to the crime.[2] [3]

Lynching

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When word spread that Marshal E.E. Blount had a man in custody a crowd of 100 men gathered. They were able to seize Collins and took him to the scene of the attempted attack where he was hanged from a branch of a tree.[2] [3]

See also

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There were eight lynchings in Mississippi in 1922 only topped by Texas (16) and Georgia (11).[4]

Bibliography

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Notes

References

  • "Negro accused of attack is hanged". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. Ogden, Weber, Utah: Standard-Examiner Pub. Co. June 21, 1922. pp. 1–14. ISSN 2163-4785. OCLC 12983206. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  • "The Semi-Weekly Leader". The Semi-Weekly Leader. Brookhaven, Miss.: B.T. Hobbs. June 21, 1922. pp. 1–4. ISSN 2688-7835. OCLC 14867376. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  • United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (1926). "To Prevent and Punish the Crime of Lynching: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on S. 121, Sixty-Ninth Congress, First Session, on Feb. 16, 1926". United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved January 23, 2022.