Lynching of Ell Persons
LYNCHING IN 1917, IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, UNITED STATES
Antoinette Rappel; Ell Persons; Ell Person; Ell Parsons; Ell Persons lynching
Ell Persons was a black man who was lynched on 22 May 1917, after he was accused of having raped and decapitated a 15-year-old white girl, Antoinette Rappel, in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. He was arrested and was awaiting trial when he was captured by a lynch party, who burned him alive and scattered his remains around town, throwing his head at a group of African Americans.