Lloyd Binford

Lloyd Tilghman Binford (1869 – August 27, 1956, Duck Hill, Mississippi) was an American insurance executive and film censor who was the head of the Memphis Censor Board for 28 years. The son of an infantry colonel, Binford left high school at 16 for a job as a railway postal clerk. After moving to Memphis, he eventually became president of the Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company and a Freemason noted for his views on "Southern womanhood" and white supremacy. He once told Collier's that at his funeral "two rows of seats in the rear" would be "set aside for my Negro friends".

Lloyd Binford

Lloyd Tilghman Binford (1869 – August 27, 1956, Duck Hill, Mississippi) was an American insurance executive and film censor who was the head of the Memphis Censor Board for 28 years. The son of an infantry colonel, Binford left high school at 16 for a job as a railway postal clerk. After moving to Memphis, he eventually became president of the Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company and a Freemason noted for his views on "Southern womanhood" and white supremacy. He once told Collier's that at his funeral "two rows of seats in the rear" would be "set aside for my Negro friends".