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Jim McMillan
Bibb County, Alabama Lynching Coverage
Died June 18, 1919 Body discovered Bibb County, Alabama Known for Lynched during America's Red Summer of 1919
Jim McMillan was lynched in Bibb County, Alabama on June 18, 1919.
Lynching
Racial tension in the Woodstock and Green Pond communities of Bibb County, Alabama , worsened over the summer of 1919. Individuals terrorized the black community in southern Bibb County, around Woodstock. The events culminated in a white mob seizing Jim McMillan and taking him into the Alabama bush. He was forced onto a stump and the mob shot him to death.
Arrests
Sheriff R. H. Wood arrested four Bibb County farmers in response to the lynching: J. Blankenshlp, James D. Oglesby, Elisha Green and Tom Russell. They were charged with murder and held in jail in Centreville, Alabama . A special grand jury was summoned by B. F. Miller. on June 23, 1919.[6]
Aftermath
These lynchings were one of several incidents of civil unrest that are now known as the
Elaine race riot in
Arkansas , where an estimated 100 to 240 blacks and 5 whites were killed. Other major events of Red Summer were the
Chicago race riot and
Washington, D.C. race riot , which caused 38 and 39 deaths, respectively. Both riots had many more non-fatal injuries and extensive property damage reaching up into the millions of dollars.
Lynchings in Alabama during 1919
Date
Name
County
June 6, 1919
James E. Lewis
Mobile
June 18, 1919
Jim McMillan
Bibb
August 2, 1919
Archie Robinson
Clarke
August 2, 1919
Unnamed man
Clarke
September 29, 1919
Miles Phifer
Montgomery
September 29, 1919
Robert Croskey
Montgomery
September 30, 1919
John Temple
Montgomery
See also
Bibliography
Notes
References
. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
. Retrieved September 14, 2019 .
The Chattanooga News (June 21, 1919). "Arrested For Murder" . The Chattanooga News . Chattanooga, Tennessee: News Pub. Co. pp. 1–12. . Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
The Greeneville Daily Sun (June 21, 1919). "Four Charged With Shooting Negro" . The Greeneville Daily Sun . Greeneville, Tennessee: W.R. Lyon. pp. 1–4. . Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
The Guardian (May 25, 2018). "America's first memorial to victims of lynching opens in Alabama – live updates" . The Guardian . Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
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