The lynching of Will Brown was witnessed by one fourteen-year-old who would grow up to become a leading Hollywood actor, portraying quiet, “quintessentially American heroes.” His movie roles included Young Mr. Lincoln, as well as the juror who saves a Latino man from an all-white jury’s death sentence in Twelve Angry Men. Henry Fonda
Wow, I did not know that. I bet this horrific experience inspired Henry Fonda to act in The Oxbow Incident, a film about another totally unjustified lynching.
