| Part of Jim Crow Era | |
 News coverage of the Lynching of Robert Collins | |
| Date | June 20, 1922 |
|---|---|
| Location | Summit, Pike County, Mississippi |
| Participants | White mob of about 100 people |
| Deaths | Robert Collins |
Robert "Bob" Collins was an African-American man who was lynched in Summit, Pike County, Mississippi by a mob of about 100 people on June 20, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 32nd of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. [1]
There was an attempted assault of a young woman near Summit, Mississippi. Months later, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, the section foreman of the Illinois Central Railroad, F. L. Blake "captured" Robert Collins and notified Marshal E.E. Blount of Summit, Mississippi. Marshal Blount travelled to Ponchatoula and escorted Collins across the State line to the house of the victim. Once there he allegedly confessed to the crime. [2] [3]
When word spread that Marshal E.E. Blount had a man in custody a crowd of 100 men gathered. They were able to seize Collins and took him to the scene of the attempted attack where he was hanged from a branch of a tree. [2] [3]
There were eight lynchings in Mississippi in 1922 only topped by Texas (16) and Georgia (11). [4]
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