Lynching of Ernest Collins: November 12, 1935
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City: Columbus, Texas
County: Colorado
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: 15
Alleged Crime: Murder & Alleged Rape
Manner of Death: Hanged
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
Files
"Colorado Co. Protects 'Womanhood"
The bodies of Bennie Mitchell and Ernest Collins, victims of a lynching, suspended from the "Hanging Tree." | Source: Gresham Marmion Collection (MS 61), Nesbitt Memorial Library, Columbus, Texas. | Date: November 1935
"Young Negroes Hanged from Tree Near Columbus"
Source: Corsicana Semi Weekly Light (Corsicana, Texas) | Date: November 15, 1935
"Negro Youths Are Hanged by a Mob of 700"
Source: Big Spring Daily Herald (Big Spring, Texas) | Date: November 13, 1935
"County Attorney Says Lynchings Will of People"
Source: Austin American (Austin, Texas) | Date: November 14, 1935
"Lynchings Stir Southern Debate"
Source: Literary Digest | Date: November 23, 1935
"The Columbus Lynching"
Source: Houston Press (Houston, Texas) | Date: November 14, 1935
"Is this the Symbol of the Lone Star State"
Source: Gresham Marmion Collection (MS 61), Nesbitt Memorial Library, Columbus, Texas.