African-American man, Jordan Jameson was lynched[a] on November 11, 1919, in the town square of Magnolia, Columbia County, Arkansas.

"[3] On November 7, 1919, Columbia County Sheriff Benjamin E. Greer, was heading to the Jordan Jameson house along with deputies Duke Emerson and John Althin.

[1] As word spread that Greer had been killed a white mob quickly formed and started to patrol the area on the lookout for Jameson.

A. Sands, Monroe Henry, Ernest Kimball, W. M. Owen, and Will Toland found Jameson and his wife in a house.

[1] Flammable material was stacked around him and in front of a growing crowd of people, it was lit on fire slowly burning Jameson alive.