Lynching of Thomas Williams

Lynching of Thomas Williams
LocationMemphis, Tennessee, USA
Coordinates35°07′03″N 89°58′16″W / 35.11750°N 89.97111°W / 35.11750; -89.97111
DateSeptember 28, 1927 (1927-09-28)
TargetThomas Williams
Attack type
Lynching
WeaponsNoose, gun(s)

Thomas Williams was an African-American man who was lynched by a mob in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 28, 1927.[1]

John R. Steelman, who wrote his PhD dissertation on "mob action in the South", listed Williams as one of the cases, wrote: "'The bullet-riddled body of Thomas Williams, alleged to have attacked a fifty-year old white woman, was found in Pleasant Union Churchyard, two miles from the scene of the crime' - near Memphis."[2]

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Charles Spurgeon (January 1928). "The Law's Too Slow". Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life. p. 19. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Steelman, John R. (1928). A Study of Mob Action in the South (PhD). University of North Carolina. p. 178.
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