Lonnie Dixon

Lonnie Dixon, a teenager accused and later executed for the murder of a white girl in Little Rock (Pulaski County). The arrest of Dixon and his father, as well as Dixon’s forced confession sparked outrage that led to riots and the lynching of John Carter.

From the Pulaski County black history photograph collection (BC.PHO.2.A.4), courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System