Lynching of Joe Winters: May 20, 1922
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City: Conroe, Texas
County: Montgomery County
Race or Ethnicity of Victim: Black
Gender of Victim: Male
Age of Victim: 20
Alleged Crime: Assault of a child
Manner of Death: Burned
Source of Information: NAACP 30 Years of Lynching
Files
"A Larger Crowd Than...The Circus"
Crowd at Joe Winters' burning. | Source: “The Looking Glass,” Crisis (Nov. 1922): 37. | Date: May 20, 1922
"The Burning Body"
Photograph of Joe Winters' burning. | Source: “The Looking Glass,” Crisis (Nov. 1922): 37. | Date: May 20, 1922
"Burning of Joe Winters"
Source: “The Looking Glass,” Crisis (Nov. 1922): 37.
"Negro Brought Here to Avoid Being Lynched"
Source: Houston Post (Houston, Texas) | Date: May 20, 1922
"Joe Winters Burned Here"
Source: Conroe Courier (Conroe, Texas) | Date: May 26, 1922
"Negro Burned at the Stake"
Source: Houston Post (Houston, Texas) | Date: May 21, 1922
"Seven Negroes Meet Death in Last 14 Days"
Source: Austin American Statesman (Austin, Texas) | Date: May 21, 1922
"Negro Lynched at Conroe for Assaulting Girl"
Source: Marshall News Messenger (Marshall, Texas) | Date: May 21, 1922
"One Negro Burned; Another Strung Up for Attacking Girls."
Source: Tampa Bay Times (Tampa Bay, Florida) | Date: May 21, 1922
"Joe Winters Was Negro Assailant"
Source: Deadwood Pioneer Times (Deadwood, South Dakota) | Date: May 21, 1922
"Two Negroes Lynched for Attacks on Girls"
Source: New York Times (New York, New York) | Date: May 21, 1922
Map showing Conroe and Leonidas, Texas
Source: Maps of Texas