Lynching of Jordan Jameson

Lynching of Jordan Jameson

Part of Red Summer
Town Square where Jordan Jameson was burnt alive
Date	November 11, 1919
Location	City of Magnolia's public square
Coordinates	33°16′1″N 93°14′27″W / 33.26694°N 93.24083°W / 33.26694; -93.24083
Participants	White mob in Magnolia, Arkansas
Deaths	1

African-American man, Jordan Jameson was lynched^[a] on November 11, 1919, in the town square of Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas. A large white mob seized Jameson after he allegedly shot the local sheriff. They tied him to a stake and burned him alive.^[2]

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