Lynching of William Baker explained
| Event Name: | Lynching of William Baker |
| Date: | March 8, 1922 |
| Deaths: | 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.
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. His body was discovered by Sheriff Lewis hanging from a Chinaberry tree. The Chicago Whip writes the lynching took place 10miles from Aberdeen, Mississippi.
See also
In 1899, Keith Bowen, an African-American man was lynched by a mob after an alleged assault.[1] In 1914, Mayho Miller, an 18-year-old Negro boy, was lynched by a mob after an alleged assault.
Bibliography
NotesReferences
- News: . March 18, 1922. 18 Yr. old boy hanged by Mississippi Mob. The Chicago Whip. Whip Pub. Co.. Chicago, Cook County, Illinois . 2694-099X. 15192974. 1–8. February 17, 2022 .
- News: . January 15, 1915. Mississippi shows low lynching record during 1914. East Mississippi Times. 16396509. February 17, 2022 .
- News: . March 9, 1922. Negro Hanged by Citizens. Okolona Messenger. Abe Steinberger & Sons. Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi . 2469-7559. 16103582 . 1–8 . February 17, 2022 .
- Web site: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. 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. January 23, 2022 .
- News: . March 8, 1922. Women seize Negro later found hanging to tree. The Washington Times. William Randolph Hearst. Washington, District of Columbia . 1941-0697. 10630160. 1–22. February 17, 2022 .
Notes and References
- News: Kansas City Gazette. 1. August 15, 1889. Negro Item.
