What the records say
- When
- 17 Jun 1927
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 36.30° N, 88.31° W
- Description
- lynching in 1927, in Paris, Tennessee, United States
Lynching of Joseph Upchurch
1927 lynching of a Black man in Tennessee
Joseph Upchurch was an African-American man who was lynched by a mob near Paris, Tennessee, on June 17, 1927.
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