Part of Red Summer | |
Date | November 11, 1919 |
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Location | City of Magnolia's public square |
Coordinates | 33°16′1″N 93°14′27″W / 33.26694°N 93.24083°W |
Participants | White mob in Magnolia, Arkansas |
Deaths | 1 |
African-American man, Jordan Jameson was lynched[a] on November 11, 1919, in the town square of Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas. A large white mob seized Jameson after he allegedly shot the local sheriff. They tied him to a stake and burned him alive.[2]
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