Died in jail or a lockup

Eugene Greene

died March 2, 1919 · jail at Belzoni, Humphreys County, Mississippi

Eugene Greene, a young Black man, was held at the jail at Belzoni, Mississippi, according to an NAACP account. The NAACP says a mob took him from the jail in the early hours of a Sunday in March 1919, and he has not been seen since. The organization believes he was lynched and wrote to the governor and the Belzoni sheriff asking for information about him.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The NAACP believes a mob took Eugene Greene from the Belzoni jail and lynched him, and it wrote to the governor and sheriff for information.

Reported by: NAACP (advocates).

News report

The Dallas Express, March 22, 1919, page 1 The Dallas Express, March 22, 1919

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