Killing of Ernest Collins and Bennie Mitchell Jr. in Texas in 1935
Incident
Bennie Mitchell, Jr. (1919-1935), a farmer, was killed by a mob in Colorado County, Texas. Mitchell and Ernest Collins (1919-1935) were arrested for allegedly murdering Geraldine Kollman, 19. They never received a trial, as a mob of hundreds took them from the police and hanged them. Ernest Collins (1919-1935), a farmer, was killed by a mob in Colorado County, Texas. Collins and Bennie Mitchell, Jr. (1919-1935) were arrested for allegedly murdering Geraldine Kollman, 19. They never received a trial, as a mob of hundreds took them from the police and hanged them.
advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02610-PADEN Albert (1371813391)
- Correspondence files from the NAACP
- Early organizational records, 1910-1939 from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01831-SWINEY Edward (1201431046)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02342-WALLS Anderson (1331861551)
- Advocacy Group: 2017-00615-HENRY FREEMAN Dave Hart (1046562138)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02635-ADAMS Washington (1371814066)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02342-WALLS Anderson (1331861551)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Administrative file on anti-lynching bills from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03418-CHEEK James (1404494417)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03212-WARD Govan (1401818806)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Administrative file on lynching from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01812-WHITE John (1199859931)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Administrative file on lynching from the NAACP
- Branch files from the NAACP
- Administrative file on lynching from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01878-ROAN William (1208295871)
- Administrative file on anti-lynching bills from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02610-PADEN Albert (1371813391)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01878-ROAN William (1208295871)
- Branch files from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01801-JETER George (1197587491)
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Administrative file on anti-lynching bills from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Advocacy Group: 2019-01812-WHITE John (1199859931)
- Advocacy Group: 2018-01620-SPINNER JOHNSON Joe (1163898376)
- Administrative file on lynching from the NAACP
- Advocacy Group: 2016-00441-MOORE Lavert (Bert) (1041684167)
- Department of Justice, classified subject files on civil rights, 1914-1949. Benny Mitchell and Ernest Colllins
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Department of Justice, files. Ernest Collins
- Department of Justice, classified subject files on civil rights, 1914-1949. Benny Mitchell and Ernest Collins
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
- Department of Justice, classified subject files on civil rights, 1914-1949. Benny Mitchell and Ernest Collins
- Government Incident Records: 2022-03651-MITCHELL, JR. Bennie (1408070462)
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