| Part of Jim Crow Era | |
 News coverage of the Lynching of William Byrd in Brentwood, Wayne County, 1922 | |
| Date | May 28, 1922 |
|---|---|
| Location | Brentwood, Wayne County, Georgia |
| Participants | Unknown assailants |
| Deaths | William Byrd |
William Byrd was an African-American man who was lynched in Brentwood, Wayne County, Georgia by a mob on May 28, 1922. According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary it was the 31st of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United States. [1]