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List of lynchings in Texas in 1922

In 1922 there were 13 lynchings in the American state of Texas. Of these 13 attacks, there were 15 people killed. Montgomery County, Texas had the most lynching with three, Thomas Early (May 17, 1922); Joe Winters (May 20, 1922); Warren Lewis (June 23, 1922).

Map of Texas counties with location of lynchings highlighted
The county location of lynchings in 1922 on a Map of Texas

Texarkana is a city that is bisected down the middle by the state borders of Texas and Arkansas. The west of the city is in Bowie County, Texas and the east is in Miller County, Arkansas. There was a lynching on the Arkansas side of Texarkana, when P. Norman was killed on February 11, 1922. The people involved most likely involved in the lynch mob came from the Texas side.

In 1922 United States there were 61 lynchings of which Texas had the most followed by Georgia (11) and Mississippi (8).[1] In 1921 there were 64 people lynched in the United States with the top three states being Georgia (14), Mississippi (13), and Texas & Arkansas both having six lynching incidents.[2]

The lynchings in 1922 Texas ranged from single incidents to the deaths of multiple people at the hands of the mob, like the Lynching in Kirvin, Texas where four people were killed.[3] Some lynch mobs burnt their victims alive, others riddled their bodies with bullets or strung them up and hanged them from trees or lamposts.

African Americans weren't the only minority group in American impacted by lynchings. Texas was a very hostile place towards Mexicans after World War I. According to Lawrence A. Cardoso, right after World War I ended one Mexican national was lynched per week in the state of Texas.[4]

Lynching in 1922 Texas

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This table is from a report by the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.[5]


See also

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Annotations

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  1. ^ Forced to give speech to other Blacks, telling them to stay in their place and be good workers
  2. ^ Hung from tree and body riddled with bullets
  3. ^ Johnson was twice tried with killing a Turpentine camp foreman four years ago.
  4. ^ Four masked men walked into his hotel room, shot him and left

Bibliography

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Notes

  1. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 1926, pp. 17–18.
  2. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 1926, p. 16.
  3. ^ The Morning Tulsa Daily World, May 7, 1922, p. 3.
  4. ^ Cardoso 1980, p. 114.
  5. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary 1926, p. 17.
  6. ^ La Prensa, March 2, 1922, p. 1.
  7. ^ The Topeka State Journal, February 28, 1922, p. 6.
  8. ^ Arizona Republican, May 21, 1922, p. 2.
  9. ^ Bisbee Daily Review, May 21, 1922, p. 1.
  10. ^ The West Virginian , June 2, 1922, p. 15.
  11. ^ The Seattle Star, June 2, 1922, p. 15.
  12. ^ The Chicago Whip, July 1, 1922, p. 1.
  13. ^ The Topeka State Journal , June 24, 1922, p. 1.
  14. ^ The Chicago Whip, September 16, 1922, p. 2.
  15. ^ Casper Daily Tribune, September 7, 1922, p. 1.
  16. ^ The Daily Ardmoreite, September 22, 1922, p. 10.
  17. ^ Austin American-Statesmen, September 11, 1922.

References

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