Killing of A. C. Williams in Florida in 1941
Incident
A. C. Williams, 22, was killed in 1941 by a mob in Gadsden County, Florida. Williams was arrested for breaking into a house. He was also accused of attacking a white girl but no charge had been made against him. Williams was first taken from jail and beaten by masked men. He was later found severely injured but alive. While being transported in an ambulance, he was kidnapped a second time and shot to death by a mob.
advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03301-WILLIAMS A.C. (1402864277)
- Clippings by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03301-WILLIAMS A.C. (1402864277)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03226-MELKER Robert (1401820561)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00487-SMITH Wilmer (1042641623)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03301-WILLIAMS A.C. (1402864277)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03226-MELKER Robert (1401820561)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00487-SMITH Wilmer (1042641623)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03301-WILLIAMS A.C. (1402864277)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03301-WILLIAMS A.C. (1402864277)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03301-WILLIAMS A.C. (1402864277)
- Press releases by the NAACP
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02853-BRICE Riley (1384301596)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02528-WILPITZ Howard (1356693916)
- News article from the Indianapolis Recorder about an attack by a lynch mob : May 24, 1941
- News article from the New York Times regarding the lynching of A.C. Williams : May 14, 1941
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about the assault and killing of A. C. Williams after he was seized by a mob : May 24, 1941
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly about the shooting of A. C. Williams : May 17, 1941
- News article from the Louisiana Weekly about the aftermath of the death of A. C. Williams : May 24, 1941
- News article from an unidentified newspaper regarding the lynching of A.C. Williams
- The Story of a Lynching (New York Post Article).pdf
- News article from Crisis magazine about lynching of A.C. Williams : June, 1941
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