Killing of W. C. Williams in Louisiana in 1938
Incident
W.C. Williams, age 19, was killed in 1938 at the hands of a lynch mob of more than 300 in Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. The mob tortured Williams until he “confessed” to the murder of Robert M. Blair and the assault of Blair’s woman companion, and then hung Williams from a tree and shot him. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02635-ADAMS Washington (1371814066)
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00420-BAKER Philip (1041312794)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02169-DAVIS T.C. (1314388696)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- News article from the New York Times regarding the lynching of W.C. Williams : October 14, 1938
- News article from the New York Times regarding the lynching of W.C. William : October 18, 1938
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- News article from New York Times lynching of W.C. Williams : October 14, 1938
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
- Journalism: 2020-02326-WILLIAMS W.C. (1330978801)
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