Date Original
1926
Description
This collection contains one French journal. Its headline article is on the lynching of Albert Blade on May 27, 1926. It includes a front page drawing of the incident.
Biographical/Historical Note
Albert Blade, a black man, was accused of attempted assault on a 12 year-old white girl in Wilson, Arkansas. The child’s father was M. J. Blackwell, a planter from Evadale, Arkansas. The Arkansas Gazette’s report of the incident stated that three fifth-grade girls had wandered away from a school picnic on the outskirts of Wilson, where they met Albert Blade along the road. The girls accused him of holding one of the girls, Blackwell’s daughter, until she screamed, at which point he ran from the scene. Albert was found about four miles from the school picnic and taken into custody by a posse. Nine of the sheriff’s men held Albert in custody at a warehouse until Blackwell arrived. Blackwell, along with a lynch mob of 500 men and women, took Albert four miles outside of Wilson where they tortured and killed him. Albert was 22 years-old when he was burned and lynched by the mob for a crime without due process.
Physical Description
Document, 8.5" x 11"
Geographical Area
Arkansas
Language
English
Identifier
SMC.067.008
Resource Type
Text
Collection
Le Petit Journal, "Le Lynchage D'un Negre Par Des Americans" [The Little Journal, "The Lynching of a Negro by Americans"], SMC.067.008
Publisher
Arkansas State Archives
Contributing Entity
Arkansas State Archives
Recommended Citation
Le Petit Journal, "Le Lynchage D'un Negre Par Des Americans" [The Little Journal, "The Lynching of a Negro by Americans"], Arkansas State Archives, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Rights
Use and reproduction of images held by the Arkansas State Archives without prior written permission is prohibited. For information on reproducing images held by the Arkansas State Archives, please call 501-682-6900 or email at state.archives@arkansas.gov.
Disciplines
United States History
