Larry Payne
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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
- ↑ "Larry Payne". Civil Rights and Restorative Justice. Northwestern University of Law.
- ↑ Ratcliff, Robert M. (April 6, 1968). "Memphis: King's Biggest Gamble--March Was Out of Hand Before It Even Started". New Pittsburgh Courier. ProQuest.
- ↑ "83 year old mother grieves son's death". Commercial Appeal via Democratic Underground. Gannett. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "Larry Payne". Civil Rights and Restorative Justice. Northwestern University School of Law. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
- ↑ "83 year old mother grieves son's death". Commercial Appeal via Democratic Underground. Gannett. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
External links
- "My thoughts: Wither Larry Payne, civil rights and hallowed grounds?" Commercial Appeal, February 27, 2016.
- Interview with Larry Payne's mother, brother, and sister (Recorded: March 2, 2010)
- FBI to Re-Open Memphis Civil Rights era cold case (WMC Channel 5 News)
- For Larry Payne (a poem commissioned by Fusion Theatre Company and written by Hakim Bellamy, November 9, 2013)