Killing of Robert J. Sapp in Georgia in 1941
Incident
Robert J. Sapp (1915 - 1941), a mechanic’s helper, was killed by three white fellow employees in Early County, Georgia. The men took Sapp a short distance out of town and beat him with a club and a heavy piece of machine bolting. They alleged Sapp had stolen money from the safe of his employer. Three days later, Sapp died from “pneumonia.”
advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03226-MELKER Robert (1401820561)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00487-SMITH Wilmer (1042641623)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03633-LOCKWOOD William (1407938582)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02528-WILPITZ Howard (1356693916)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03226-MELKER Robert (1401820561)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00421-THOMAS/MARSHALL T.J./Richard (1041312870)
- Press releases by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Correspondence by the NAACP
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier regarding the beating of Robert Sapp : January 3, 1942
- Journalism: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Robert Sapp : January 3, 1942
- Journalism: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
- News article from the New York Amsterdam News regarding the death of Robert Sapp : June 7, 1941
- Journalism: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
- Journalism: 2022-03841-SAPP Robert (1410326042)
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