Killing of Willie Kees in Arkansas in 1936
Incident
Willie Kees (1911-1936), a farmer, was killed by a lynch mob in Lepanto, Poinsett County, Arkansas. Kees was accused of attempting to attack a white woman. He was taken from the custody of city marshal Jay May by a group of ten men, bound, and shot to death. Justice of the Peace W.T. Thurman ruled that Kees died of gunshot wounds by unknown parties.
advocacy group resources
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01831-SWINEY Edward (1201431046)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03123-KEE Willie (1399216576)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03123-KEE Willie (1399216576)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00420-BAKER Philip (1041312794)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02902-BROWN Mack (1385420431)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00420-BAKER Philip (1041312794)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03123-KEE Willie (1399216576)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00420-BAKER Philip (1041312794)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03104-FRAXIER Walter (1398743971)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01812-WHITE John (1199859931)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03123-KEE Willie (1399216576)
- Advocacy Group: 2018-01620-SPINNER JOHNSON Joe (1163898376)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01812-WHITE John (1199859931)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03123-KEE Willie (1399216576)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00420-BAKER Philip (1041312794)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00420-BAKER Philip (1041312794)
- News article from the Courier News about the killing of Willie Kees : May 5, 1936
- News article from the Black Dispatch about the killing of Willie Key : January 21, 1937
- News article from the Camden News about the killing of Willie Kees : April 30, 1936
- Department of Justice
- News article from the Courier News about the killing of Willie Kees : May 11, 1936
- News article from the New York Times regarding the shooting of Willie Kees : April 3, 1936
- News article from the Hope Star about the killing of Willie Kee : April 30, 1936
- News article from the New York Times about the killing of Willie Key : April 30, 1936
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