John Carter Lynching

The lynching of African American John Carter and a portion of the lynch mob in Little Rock (Pulaski County); May 1927.

Young African-American man hanging from a pole with white men in hats standing around him

Courtesy of the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies, Central Arkansas Library System

Media

Time Period

Early Twentieth Century (1901 - 1940)

Category

Civil Rights and Social Change / Early Twentieth Century / Race

Type

Event

Race & Ethnicity

African American

Gender

Male

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