| Part of Jim Crow Era | |
 News coverage of the Lynching of Will Bell | |
| Date | January 29, 1922 |
|---|---|
| Location | Pontotoc County, Mississippi |
| Participants | A white mob shoots Will Bell |
| Deaths | 1 |
Will Arthur Bell was lynched by a mob in Pontotoc County, Mississippi as the local sheriff tried to move him to prevent the lynching. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 6th of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. [1]