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Charlie Lang

14 years old · died October 11, 1942 · Clarke County Jail, Clarke County, Mississippi

Charlie Lang, a 14-year-old Black boy from Shubuta, was being held in the Quitman jail in Clarke County, Mississippi. On Sunday, October 11, 1942, a mob of white men took him from the jail after overpowering the city marshal. His body was later found hanging from a bridge about 35 miles south of Meridian. According to a news service report carried by the Jackson Advocate, no members of the mob were identified.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob took him from the Quitman jail after overpowering the city marshal, and his body was later found hanging from a bridge.

Reported by: SNS news service report (reporters).

News report

Jackson Advocate, October 17, 1942, page 1 Jackson Advocate, October 17, 1942

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