Cordella Stevenson

Cordella Stevenson was an African-American woman who was lynched by a mob of white men in Columbus, Mississippi on December 15, 1915.

Stevenson's son was accused of burning a barn belonging to Gabe Frank, a white man. Based on Frank's hunch that Stevenson had burned the barn, police arrested Cordella Stevenson and her husband Arch Stevenson and held them for six days.[1]

Upon their release, a mob of white men broke into their home, sexually assaulted her and hung her naked from a tree near the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.[2]

Arch escaped on foot and ran into Columbus, but was unable to obtain aid. His fate remains unknown. No one was ever arrested for Stevenson's rape and murder.[3]

References
  1. "GUT-WRENCHING LYNCHING OF CORDELLA STEVENSON IN 1915". Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  2. "1915: Cordella Stevenson lynched". Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  3. "RAPE, LYNCH NEGRO MOTHER". Chicago Defender. December 18, 1915.
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