Lynching of Fred Alexander

The lynching of Fred Alexander was committed by a mob in Leavenworth, Kansas on January 15, 1901, after he was arrested for rape and murder.

He was killed when he was burned alive while tied to a metal rail.

The Democratic Party-allied newspaper had been fomenting fear of African Americans as libidinous sexual predators.

Results of official investigations disputed whether there was a rape and only circumstantial evidence was used to blame him for the alleged crime.

He was accused of the rape and murder of 19-year-old Pearl Forbes.