Larry Payne

A police officer beats a youth during the violence that erupted on March 28, 1968 in Memphis, TN. Larry Payne, the 16-year-old in the background, was killed by police later in the day.

Larry Payne was a sixteen-year old African American teenager who was killed following a march in support of the Memphis Sanitation Strike on Thursday, March 28, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.[1] He was the only fatality on that day although the New Pittsburgh Courier reported 60 injured and 276 arrested.[2]

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called Payne's mother, Lizzie Payne, on the phone to console her after her son's brutal death at the hands of Patrolman LD Jones.[3] King planned to visit Payne's mother during his next visit to Memphis, but was killed before the visit could occur.[4]

King would be assassinated a few days later on April 4, 1968 when he returned to Memphis in an effort to hold a peaceful march unmarred by looting and violence.

After Payne's death, Lizzie Payne, his mother, moved to Flint, Michigan.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Larry Payne". Civil Rights and Restorative Justice. Northwestern University of Law.
  2. Ratcliff, Robert M. (April 6, 1968). "Memphis: King's Biggest Gamble--March Was Out of Hand Before It Even Started". New Pittsburgh Courier (ProQuest).
  3. "83 year old mother grieves son's death". Commercial Appeal via Democratic Underground. Gannett. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  4. "Larry Payne". Civil Rights and Restorative Justice. Northwestern University School of Law. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. "83 year old mother grieves son's death". Commercial Appeal via Democratic Underground. Gannett. Retrieved 23 October 2015.

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