Lynching of Tom Payne

Lynching of a Black man in Texas, 1927

Tom or Thomas Payne was an African-American man who was murdered in Willis, Texas, on February 1, 1927.[1] Arrested in connection with a suspected assault and murder, he was taken by a white mob and hanged from a tree.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Law's Too Slow". Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life. January 1928. p. 19.
  2. ^ Annual Report. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. 1927. p. 29.

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