Killing of James Sanders in South Carolina

Incident

Case summary

James Sander was killed in 1948 in Brunswick County, South Carolina. Sanders and some friends stopped at a gas station to go to the bathroom. Because there were no facilities for Black people at the station, they were asked to go to the back. While at the back, a man who might have been the station’s owner cursed and attacked them with a knife. Sanders was stabbed in the abdomen.

Victim(s):

James Sanders


Alleged perpetrators/other named individuals:

[given name unknown] Cobb

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Date of incident: September 1948
Location: Little River, Horry County, South Carolina
Location type: private space - commercial
Allegation against victim: urinating in public

Coroner process
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Finding of no legal responsibility: [ ]

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