Killing of Ernest Bell in Georgia in 1934
Incident
Ernest Bell (1912 - 1934), a laborer, was lynched in Jefferson County, Georgia. Bell’s body was found in a well, where he had been thrown after he was beaten to death with an iron pipe. During the same period, in the town of Bartow, there were at least three other murders of Black men that were unreported in the county press. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
advocacy group resources
- News article from the Nashville Tennessean about the killings of African-Americans in Jefferson County, including Ernest Bell : January 31, 1934
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the aftermath of the deaths of Ernest Bell and Will Walker : January 28, 1934
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the killings of African-Americans in Jefferson County, including Ernest Bell : January 25, 1934
- News article from the Miami News about the killings of African-Americans in Jefferson County, including Ernest Bell : January 31, 1934
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the deaths of Ernest Bell, Will Walker and an unidentified person : January 14, 1934
- News article from the Atlanta Constitution about the investigation of the deaths of African-Americans in Jefferson County, including Ernest Bell : January 28, 1934
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