Joe Pullen

Joe Pullen
Bornc. 1883
DiedDecember 15, 1923
Drew, Mississippi, United States
Cause of deathLynching (burning, multiple gunshot wounds)
OccupationSharecropper
Details
DateDecember 14, 1923
Location(s)Drew, Mississippi, United States
Killed3-13 (sources vary)
Injured8-26
Weapons.38-caliber revolver
shotgun

Joe Pullen or Joe Pullum (c. 1883 – December 15, 1923) was an African-American sharecropper who was lynched by a posse of local white citizens near Drew, Mississippi on December 15, 1923.

While the circumstances that precipitated the violence were typical for that place and time, Pullen's case was unusual in that he managed to kill at least three members of the posse and wound several others before ultimately perishing himself. As such, Pullen became a folk hero to the local black population and was championed by the Universal Negro Improvement Association.