Executed
Roosevelt Kirkland
Roosevelt Kirkland, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 30, 1928, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. The list records his death as an execution and classes it as a homicide, and it names the state as the authority that carried it out. The source gives no details of his family, work, or the prison where he was held.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.