| Lynching of Thomas Williams | |
|---|---|
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
| Coordinates | 35°07′03″N 89°58′16″W / 35.11750°N 89.97111°W / 35.11750; -89.97111 |
| Date | September 28, 1927 (1927-09-28) |
| Target | Thomas Williams |
| Attack type | Lynching |
| Weapons | Noose, gun(s) |
Thomas Williams was an African-American man who was lynched by a mob in Memphis, Tennessee, on September 28, 1927.
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."
References
- "The Law's Too Slow". Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life. January 1928. p. 19. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- Steelman, John R. (1928). A Study of Mob Action in the South (PhD). University of North Carolina. p. 178.
- 1927 in Tennessee
- 1927 murders in the United States
- History of Shelby County, Tennessee
- Lynching deaths in Tennessee
- Murdered African-American people
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- Race-related controversies in the United States
- Racially motivated violence against African Americans
- African-American history in Memphis, Tennessee