Lynching of Tom Payne

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Tom or Thomas Payne was an African-American man who was murdered in Willis, Texas on February 1, 1927. [1] After his arrest in connection with an assault and murder, a white mob abducted and hanged him from a tree. [2]

References

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