Lynching of Colbert Wilson: May 23, 1922
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City: Bryan, Texas
County: Brazos County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: Sixty-eight
Alleged Crime: Cattle theft
Manner of Death: Beaten
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
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"Bryan Negro Dies From Mob Flogging"
Source: Waco News Tribune (Waco, Texas) | Date: May 24, 1922
"Death of Negro After Whipping is Being Probed"
Source: San Antonio Evening News (San Antonio, Texas) | Date: May 24, 1922
"Negro Whipped to Death"
Source: New York Times (New York, New York) | Date: May 25, 1922
"Colbert Wilson Died from His Whipping Received Last Night"
Source: Bryan Weekly Eagle (Bryan, Texas) | Date: May 25, 1922
"Bryan Negro Dies of Wounds"
Source: Houston Post (Houston, Texas) | Date: May 26, 1922
Colbert Wilson's family (1910)
Source: 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Ancestry.com. | Date: April 26, 1910