John Hartfield was deeply wounded by such heinous actions of rage. It was said that the victim's contact with a white woman was what led to his lynching in the Mississippi hamlet of Ellisville. 

The typical white person immediately assumes that the tanned victim may have effectively incited the power – which is typically the police – to behave in this manner when confronted with Blacks’ concerns about the violence directed at them.
As a result, some racist white men in uniform have suggested that if Black people looked better or were friendlier, they would behave more submissively. On the other hand, the evidence contradicts these assertions.

A cursory look at balanced Negroes in the United States and several documents indicate that the most of them were dressed in suits or coats and met their deaths while moving forward. This went on until one white person chose to take pleasure in their demise and killed them all. Even young children could not escape the fictitious idea of dying in this situation.

John Hartfield was deeply wounded by such heinous actions of rage. It was said that the victim’s contact with a white woman was what led to his lynching in the Mississippi hamlet of Ellisville in 1919. The homicide had been covered by major media the day before. Up to 10,000 spectators attended on the day of Hartfield’s execution to witness his hanging, several shootings, torching, and dismemberment of his remains. The throng that had gathered to see the tragedy was handed his body parts as mementos.