Killing of Sam Taylor in Virginia in 1949
Incident
Sam Taylor, age 35, a farmer, was killed in 1949 by Frank Clayton in Ballsville, Powhatan County, Virginia. Initially reported as a gang lynching, prosecutor William R. Blandford argued, with the endorsement of the NAACP, that Taylor was stabbed to death by a white bootlegger named Frank Clayton during a drinking party in the home of Allen Liggon. Trial jury convicted.
advocacy group resources
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03082-TURNER James (1398175171)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03082-TURNER James (1398175171)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03329-TAYLOR Sam (1403125082)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03329-TAYLOR Sam (1403125082)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03329-TAYLOR Sam (1403125082)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03329-TAYLOR Sam (1403125082)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03329-TAYLOR Sam (1403125082)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03329-TAYLOR Sam (1403125082)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03329-TAYLOR Sam (1403125082)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03329-TAYLOR Sam (1403125082)
- Advocacy Group: 2021-03329-TAYLOR Sam (1403125082)
- Correspondence by the NAACP
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World regarding the lynching of Samuel Taylor : January 15, 1950
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Samuel Taylor : February 11, 1950
- News article from the Afro American regarding the lynching of Samuel Taylor : March 11, 1950
- News article from Pittsburgh Courier regarding lynching of Samuel Taylor : January 28, 1950
- News article from the Atlanta Daily World regarding the lynching of Samuel Taylor : January 15, 1951
- News article from the Chicago Defender regarding the lynching of Samuel Taylor : March 11, 1950
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