lynching of Ell Persons

When

22 May 1917

Kind

Murder

Killed

1

Coordinates

35.16° N, 89.88° W

Description

lynching in 1917, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States

African American who was lynched in the U.S.

Ell Persons was a black man who was lynched on 22 May 1917, after he was accused of having raped and decapitated a 15-year-old white girl, Antoinette Rappel, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. He was arrested and was awaiting trial when he was captured by a lynch party, who burned him alive and scattered his remains around town, throwing his head at a group of African Americans.

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