Bud Johnson
Bud Johnson was a 34-year-old farmer and World War I veteran from Wilcox County, Alabama, according to the NAACP report. He died on March 14, 1919. Other news reports say a crowd of about 1,000 surrounded the Pensacola jail, where he was held, took him to Milton, and killed him there. The NAACP report instead says a mob seized him in Jay, Florida, after he returned to settle his father's affairs, and burned him alive. The accounts differ on where he was taken and how he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The NAACP report says a mob seized him in Jay, Florida, and burned him alive, while other news reports say a crowd of about 1,000 surrounded the Pensacola jail, took him to Milton and killed him there.
Reported by: NAACP report (advocates); other news reports cited in the article.