Name not reported

A 17-year-old boy was taken from a jail by a mob of white people and shot to death, according to The Daily Bulletin, which reported the killing in January 1945. The Department of Records and Research at Tuskegee Institute counted the killing among the lynchings it recorded for 1944. The killing is recorded as a lynching from custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. The Tuskegee Institute Department of Records and Research counted his killing by a white mob among the lynchings recorded for 1944.

Reported by: Department of Records and Research of Tuskegee Institute.

Source

• The Daily Bulletin, January 4, 1945, page 1 The Daily Bulletin, January 4, 1945