Killing of Richard Hawkins and Ernest Ponder in Florida in 1937
Incident
Ernest Ponder, between 14 and 18 years old, was killed in 1937 by a group of men in or near Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Ponder and Richard Hawkins, age 16, were arrested and jailed for allegedly breaking into a store and stabbing the investigating officer V.F. Kelley. Police officer Harry Fairbanks allowed a group of men to kidnap the boys. Their bodies were later found on a highway riddled with bullets. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request. Richard Hawkins, age 16, was killed in 1937 by a group of men in or near Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Hawkins and Ernest Ponder, between 14 and 18 years old, were arrested and jailed for allegedly breaking into a store and stabbing the investigating officer V.F. Kelley. Police officer Harry Fairbanks allowed a group of men to kidnap the boys. Their bodies were later found on a highway riddled with bullets. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
advocacy group resources
- Correspondence files from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00472-EVANS J.C. (1042411707)
- Administrative file on lynching from the NAACP
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02697-BRYANT Ozola (1375318351)
- Administrative file on anti-lynching bills from the NAACP
- Administrative file on lynching from the NAACP
- Correspondence files from the NAACP
- Publication by the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04143-PONDER Ernest (1419911371)
- Correspondence files from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01812-WHITE John (1199859931)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04143-PONDER Ernest (1419911371)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00472-EVANS J.C. (1042411707)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04143-PONDER Ernest (1419911371)
- Legal files from the NAACP
- Administrative file on lynching from the NAACP
- Administrative file on lynching from the NAACP
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04143-PONDER Ernest (1419911371)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-04143-PONDER Ernest (1419911371)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00472-EVANS J.C. (1042411707)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00472-EVANS J.C. (1042411707)
- Administrative file on anti-lynching bills from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01812-WHITE John (1199859931)
- Branch files from the NAACP
- News article from the Plam Beach Post about the killing of Ernest Ponder and Richard Hawkins : July 22, 1937
- News article from the Crisis Magazine regarding the lynching of Richard Hawkins and Ernest Ponder : September 1937
- News article from the St. Petersburg Times regarding the lynching of Richard Hawkins and Ernest Ponder : July 22, 1937
- News article from the Evening Independent regarding the lynching of Richard Hawkins and Ernest Ponder : July 21, 1937
- News article from the Palm Beach Post regarding the lynching of Richard Hawkins and Ernest Ponder : July 22, 1937
- News article from the Evening Independent about the killing of Ernest Ponder and Richard Hawkins : July 21, 1937
- News article from the Daytona Beach Morning Journal about the killing of Ernest Ponder and Richard Hawkins : July 22, 1937
- News article from the Daytona Beach Morning Journal regarding the lynching of Richard Hawkins and Ernest Ponder : July 22, 1937
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about the killing of Ernest Ponder and Richard Hawkins : July 17, 1937
- News article from the St. Petersburg Times about the killing of Ernest Ponder and Richard Hawkins : July 22, 1937
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American regarding the lynching of Richard Hawkins and Ernest Ponder : July 17, 1937
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