Lynching of Tom Payne explained

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]

Notes and References

1. News: The Law's Too Slow . 19 . . January 1928.
2. Book: Annual Report . National Association for the Advancement of Colored People . 29 . 1927.