Died in jail or a lockup
O'Dee Henderson
O'Dee Henderson, a 24-year-old steel worker from Birmingham, Alabama, died in May 1940 in Fairfield, Alabama. According to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, he was held in a police station there when police officers and citizens shot him. The NAACP listed his death among the lynchings of that year. The details of how he came to be shot and who fired are not established in the account provided.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The NAACP says police officers and citizens shot him inside a police station in Fairfield, Alabama.
Reported by: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (advocates).