What the records say
- When
- 2 Jan 1944
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 30.29° N, 82.99° W
- Description
- lynching in 1944, in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida, United States
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Lynching of Willie James Howard
1944 killing in Florida
Willie James Howard was a 15-year-old African-American teenager living in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida. He was drowned for having given Christmas cards to all his co-workers at the Van Priest Dime Store, including Cynthia Goff, a white girl, followed by a letter to her on New Year's Day.
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