Topic: Racially Motivated Murders
Travesty of Justice: The Murder of Virgil Lamar Ware (1963)
In the tense atmosphere that followed a deadly church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, on September 15, 1963, Thirteen year-old Virgil Lamar Ware was murdered by two white teenagers without justice served. Virgil Lamar Ware (Dec. 6, 1949 – Sept. 15, 1963) was an eighth grader, an A student and football player who dreamed of becoming […]
Birmingham Church Bombing By The Ku Klux Klan (1963)
An unforgettable act of American Terrorism by white supremacist members of the Ku Klux Klan, “The Law in Disguise” for the Baptist Church Bombing in Birmingham, Alabama, September 15, 1963. Four young girls, Addie Mae Collins (age 14), Denise McNair (age 11), Carole Robertson (age 14), and Cynthia Wesley (age 14) were murdered when the […]
Emmett Till’s Murder by White Supremacist (1955)
Emmett Till was a smart 14 years old American boy of African ancestry who was murdered in Mississippi after reportedly whistling to a white woman in 1955. Emmett Till (July 25, 1941 – August 28, 1955), from Chicago, Illinois, visiting his relatives in the Mississippi Delta region when he spoke to 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, the […]
U.S Govt. Guilty of Conspiring Dr. King’s Assassination (1999)
Jury found United States local, state, and federal government agencies guilty of conspiring to assassinate the Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Below is an important statement from Martin Luther King jr.’s wife Coretta Scott King that so many of our youth are not aware […]
“Ballad of Harry Moore” Poetry by Langston Hughes
Poem in memory of Harry Moore: “Ballad of Harry Moore” by Langston Hughes On the evening of Dec. 25, 1951 civil rights activists and school teachers Harry T. Moore and Harriette Moore were at home in Mims, Fla. when a bomb, set under the bedroom, shattered their house. Harry Moore died on the way to […]
Lamar Smith, Voting Rights Activist (1892 – 1955)
Lamar “Ditney” Smith was murdered in Mississippi (1892 – August 13, 1955) One of many unsung heroes who died so we could vote…Lamar Smith, a 63 year old farmer, World War II veteran, voting rights activist and a member of the Regional Counsel of Negro Leadership was shot dead on the courthouse lawn in Brookhaven, Mississippi […]
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