Lynching of Robert Collins
| Part of Jim Crow Era | |
 News coverage of the Lynching of Robert Collins | |
| Date | June 20, 1922 |
|---|---|
| Location | Summit, Pike County, Mississippi |
| Participants | White mob of about 100 people |
| Deaths | Robert Collins |
Robert "Bob" Collins was an
Background
There was an attempted assault of a young woman near Summit, Mississippi. Months later, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, the section foreman of the Illinois Central Railroad, F. L. Blake "captured" Robert Collins and notified Marshal E.E. Blount of Summit, Mississippi. Marshal Blount travelled to Ponchatoula and escorted Collins across the State line to the house of the victim. Once there he allegedly confessed to the crime.[2] [3]
Lynching
When word spread that Marshal E.E. Blount had a man in custody a crowd of 100 men gathered. They were able to seize Collins and took him to the scene of the attempted attack where he was hanged from a branch of a tree.[2] [3]
See also
There were eight lynchings in Mississippi in 1922 only topped by Texas (16) and Georgia (11).[4]
- African-American man who was lynched in Gulfport, Mississippion March 22, 1922.
- Will Bell was lynched on January 29, 1922, in Pontotoc, Mississippi.
- Will Thrasher was lynched on February 1, 1922, in Crystal Springs, Mississippi.
- William Baker was lynched on March 8, 1922, in Aberdeen, Mississippi.
- John Steelman was lynched on August 23, 1922, in Lambert, Mississippi.
Bibliography
Notes
References
- "Negro accused of attack is hanged". OCLC 12983206. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- "The Semi-Weekly Leader". The Semi-Weekly Leader. Brookhaven, Miss.: B.T. Hobbs. June 21, 1922. pp. 1–4. OCLC 14867376. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- 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. Retrieved January 23, 2022.