Killing of Bob White in Texas in 1941
Incident
Bob White (1913-1941), a laborer in a scrap iron yard, was killed by W.S. Cochran in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas. A white woman identified White as her rapist in a police line-up. White’s conviction and death sentence by a state criminal court was reversed on appeal. White was retried and again convicted and sentenced to death. The decision was reversed by the United States Supreme Court. As White sat in the defendant’s chair for his third trial, the woman’s husband, W.S. Cochran, shot and killed him. Trial jury acquitted Cochran. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
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advocacy group resources
- Press releases by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02528-WILPITZ Howard (1356693916)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Papers of the NAACP, Part 17 National Staff Files, 1940-1955.pdf
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Organizational records by the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- White v. State of Texas
- Government Incident Records: 2020-02526-WHITE Bob (1356690271)
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier about the accusations against Bob White : January 6, 1940
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about the murder of Phillip Baker : August 10, 1946
- News article from the Evening Independent about the killing of Bob White : July 11, 1941
- News article from the Crisis magazine regarding the death of Bob White : July, 1941
- News article from Labor Action about the killing of Bob White : June 16, 1941
- News article from the Labor Action regarding the shooting of Bob White : June 16, 1941
- News article from the Evening Independent regarding the shooting of Bob White : July 11, 1941
- News article from the Schenectady Gazette regarding the shooting of Bob White : June 12, 1941
- News article from the Scotsman regarding the shooting of Bob White : April 1989
- News article from the California Eagle regarding the shooting of Bob White : January 1, 1942
- News article from the Guardian regarding the shooting of Bob White : February, 1991
- News article from the Indianapolis Recorder regarding the shooting of Bob White
- News article from the Scotsman about the killings of Bob White and others : April 1989
- News article from the Schenectady Gazette about the killing of Bob White : June 12, 1941
- News article from The Crisis about the killing of Bob White : September 1941
- News article from the Guardian about the killings of Bob White and others : February 1991
- News article from the California Eagle about the arrest of Bob White : January 1, 1942
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier regarding the case of Bob White : January 5, 1940
- News article from the Indiana Recorder about the killing of Bob White : June 21, 1941
- News article from The Crisis that mentions killing of Bob White : September 1991
- News article from The Crisis about the killing of Bob White : July 1941
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