Lynching of William Baker
William Baker was an 18-year-old African-American man who was lynched in Monroe County, Mississippi by a white mob on March 8, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 14th of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. [1]
| Part of Jim Crow Era | |
 News coverage of the Lynching of William Baker | |
| Date | March 8, 1922 |
|---|---|
| Location | Monroe County, Mississippi |
| Deaths | William Baker |
Lynching
Between Okolona and Aberdeen, Mississippi, 18-year-old farmhand William Baker was putting a buggy into its shed when the six-year-old daughter of Constable Sidney Johnson got into it. Baker allegedly then took the girl to a shed where she started screaming. Her mother came running and grabbed hold of him. A white mob quickly gathered and hanged Baker.[2] His body was discovered by Sheriff Lewis hanging from a Chinaberry tree.[3] The Chicago Whip writes the lynching took place 10 miles (16 km) from Aberdeen, Mississippi.[4]
See also
In 1899, Keith Bowen, an African-American man was lynched by a mob after an alleged assault.[5] In 1914, Mayho Miller, an 18-year-old Negro boy, was lynched by a mob after an alleged assault.[6]
Bibliography
Notes
- United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 1926, p. 17.
- Okolona Messenger, March 9, 1922, p. 8.
- The Washington Times, March 8, 1922, p. 2.
- The Chicago Whip, March 18, 1922, p. 1.
- "Negro Item". Kansas City Gazette. August 15, 1889. p. 1.
- East Mississippi Times, January 15, 1915.
References
- "18 Yr. old boy hanged by Mississippi Mob". The Chicago Whip. Chicago, Cook County, Illinois: Whip Pub. Co. March 18, 1922. pp. 1–8. ISSN 2694-099X. OCLC 15192974. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- "Mississippi shows low lynching record during 1914". East Mississippi Times. January 15, 1915. OCLC 16396509. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- "Negro Hanged by Citizens". Okolona Messenger. Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi: Abe Steinberger & Sons. March 9, 1922. pp. 1–8. ISSN 2469-7559. OCLC 16103582. Retrieved February 17, 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.
- "Women seize Negro later found hanging to tree". The Washington Times. Washington, District of Columbia: William Randolph Hearst. March 8, 1922. pp. 1–22. ISSN 1941-0697. OCLC 10630160. Retrieved February 17, 2022.