Executed
James Brown
James Brown, a 24-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on June 17, 1947, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's execution history lists the manner of death as homicide, with execution by electric chair as the cause. Nothing else about his life, family, or work is recorded in the account of his death.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.