Killing of R. J. Tyronne in Mississippi in 1935
Incident
R.J. Tyronne, age 24, a landowner and farmer, was killed in 1935 by a group of men in Lawrence County, Mississippi. According to newspapers, Tyronne was a prosperous landowner who had been successfully resisting attempts by white farmer William Evens and possibly others to deprive him of his property and livelihood. Tyronne was lynched by a white mob, his body riddled with bullets. An essay on this case, researched and authored by a CRRJ student, is available on request.
advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2017-00606-TYRONE R.J. (1046338084)
- Advocacy Group: 2018-01620-SPINNER JOHNSON Joe (1163898376)
- Advocacy Group: 2017-00606-TYRONE R.J. (1046338084)
- Advocacy Group: 2020-02342-WALLS Anderson (1331861551)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02610-PADEN Albert (1371813391)
- Advocacy Group: 2017-00720-MERIWEATHER Jim Press (1049433740)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-02610-PADEN Albert (1371813391)
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World regarding the lynching of R.J. Tyrone : April 26, 1935
- News article from New York Amsterdam News about lynchings in U.S. including R.J. Tyrone
- News article from Chicago Defender about lynching of R.J. Tyrone : May 11, 1935
- News article from the Chicago Defender about the killing of R.J. Tyrone : May 11, 1935
- News article from the Lawrence County Press regarding the shooting of R.J. Tyrone : April 4, 1935
- News article from the New Journal and Guide about the killing of R.J. Tyrone : April 27, 1935
- News article from the Black Dispatch about the killing of R.J. Tyrone being ruled a suicide by Mississippi jury : April 25, 1935
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World about the killing of R.J. Tyrone : April 26, 1935
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of R.J. Tyrone : July 13, 1935
- News article from the Pittsburgh Courier about the killing of R.J. Tyrone : April 27, 1935
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about the killing of R.J. Tyrone being ruled a suicide by Mississippi jury : April 27, 1935
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