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Ernest Green

14 years old · died October 11, 1942 · Clarke County Jail, Clarke County, Mississippi

Ernest Green was a 14-year-old Black boy from Shubuta, Mississippi, who was held at the Quitman jail in Clarke County. According to a 1942 news report, on Sunday, October 11, 1942, a mob of white men took him from the jail along with Charlie Lang, and the mob overpowered the city marshal to do so. Their bodies were later found hanging from a bridge about 35 miles south of Meridian.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A news service report says a white mob took Ernest Green from the Quitman jail, overpowered the city marshal and hanged him from a bridge.

Reported by: SNS news service report (reporters).

News report

Jackson Advocate, October 17, 1942, page 1 Jackson Advocate, October 17, 1942

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