Early Twentieth Century

Act 258 of 1909
aka: Toney Bill to Prevent Lynching
Act 258 of 1909 was a law intended to prevent citizens from engagin...
American Krusaders
The American Krusaders was an organization founded in 1923 that claimed Little Rock (Pulaski County) as its ...
William Anderson (Lynching of)
On July 8, 1906, an African American named William Anderson was hanged from a telephone pole just south of Til...
Argenta Race Riot of 1906
aka: Lynching of Homer G. Blackman
Ignited by the slayings of two African American men in separate inc...
Arkansas "Scottsboro" Case
aka: Bubbles Clayton and James X. Caruthers (Trial and Execution of)
aka: James X. Caruthers and Bubbles Clayton (Trial and Execution of)
The trial and conviction of African American farm laborers Bubbles ...
Arkansas Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association
The Arkansas Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association (AMDPA) was founded in 1893 by a group of African...
Arkansas Negro Democratic Association (ANDA)
The Arkansas Negro Democratic Association (ANDA) was founded in 1928 by Little Rock (Pulaski County) physician...
The Arkansas Race Riot [Pamphlet]
“The Arkansas Race Riot” is a 1920 pamphlet that constitutes a critical source of information about the El...
Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching
In 1930, Texas suffragist and civil rights activist Jessie Daniel Ames and a group of white women in the South...
Andrew Avery (Lynching of)
On July 30, 1917, an African-American man named Andrew Avery was lynched for allegedly attacking a levee contr...
George Bailey (Lynching of)
Sometime during the night of December 19–20, 1909, an African-American man named George Bailey was shot to d...
Alfred Banks (1895?–1944)
Alfred (Alf) Banks was one of twelve African-American men accused of murder following the Elaine Massacre of 1...
John Barnett (Lynching of)
On April 17, 1905, an African-American levee worker named John Barnett was hanged by a black mob near Askew (L...
Bell and Swain v. State
aka: Elbert Thomas (Reported Lynching of)
Examination of the cases of Black youths Robert Bell and Grady Swai...
Joe Blakely (Lynching of)
On May 29, 1909, African-American man Sam Blakely—with his brother Joe Blakely as an accessory—allegedly m...
Albert Blazes (Lynching of)
aka: Albert Blades (Lynching of)
In May 1926, an African-American man named Albert Blazes (sometimes...
Bonanza Race War of 1904
The Bonanza Race War of 1904 was a race riot/labor war that occurred in the coal-mining city of Bonanza (Sebas...
Joseph Robert Booker (1895–1960)
Joseph Robert Booker was a Little Rock (Pulaski County) lawyer and a member of one of the most prominent Afric...
Clinton Briggs (Lynching of)
Clinton Briggs, a twenty-six-year-old soldier who had just returned to Star City (Lincoln County) after servin...
Ed Brock (Lynching of)
On August 10, 1923, a young African-American teamster named Ed Brock was lynched at Murphyville in Union Count...
Frank Brown (Lynching of)
On September 22, 1905, an African-American man named Frank Brown was hanged at Conway (Faulkner County) for an...
Brushy Island Riots of 1915–1917
The area known as Brushy Island lies within the municipal boundaries of Sherwood (Pulaski County) and was the ...
John Carter (Lynching of)
aka: Lonnie Dixon (Execution of)
In early May 1927, Little Rock (Pulaski County) experienced a wave ...
Catcher Race Riot of 1923
The December 28, 1923, assault and murder of a white woman in the Catcher community in Crawford County quickly...
Sam Cates (Lynching of)
On September 12, 1917, a twenty-five-year-old African-American man named Sam Cates was lynched near England (L...
Ed “Sweat” Coleman (1855–1928)
Ed Coleman was one of twelve African-American men accused of murder and sentenced to death following the Elain...
James A. Comer (1866–1935)
James Comer was a prominent Little Rock (Pulaski County) lawyer and Republican Party leader in the early 1900s...
Robbie Gill Comer (1883–1963)
Robbie Gill Comer was instrumental in the founding of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) and served as its I...
Cotter Expulsion of 1906
In 1906, white residents of Cotter (Baxter County) expelled all of the town’s African-American population, s...
Crossett Lynching of 1904
An unknown African-American man was lynched near Crossett (Ashley County) on September 4, 1904, for having all...
Anthony Davis (Lynching of)
Anthony Davis, an African-American man, was lynched in Texarkana (Miller County) on October 9, 1906, reportedl...
Howard Davis (Lynching of)
On October 25, 1914, a mob in Newport (Jackson County) took an African-American man named Howard Davis from co...