What the records say
- When
- 25 Jan 1942
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 36.88° N, 89.59° W
- Description
- lynching in 1942, in Sikeston, Missouri, United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lynching of Cleo Wright
1942 lynching of an African American in the US
Cleo Wright was a 26-year-old African-American cotton mill worker who was lynched in Sikeston, Missouri, during the afternoon of January 25, 1942. He was accused of attacking a white woman with a knife and attempting to sexually assault her, and subsequently resisted arrest by stabbing a police officer in the face.
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