Larry Payne

A police officer, LD Jones, beats a youth during the violence that erupted on March 28, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Larry Payne, the 16-year-old in the background, was killed by Jones 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.[1]

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.[3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Larry Payne". Civil Rights and Restorative Justice. Northwestern University School of Law. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  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. 1 2 "83 year old mother grieves son's death". Commercial Appeal via Democratic Underground. Gannett. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
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