Muncie Times, Muncie, Delaware County, 22 October 1992 — Page 15

The Muncie Times, Thursday, 22 October, 1992, Page 15 They gave their lives so we could have the right to vote

7, May, 1955-Rev. George LeeKilled for leading voter registration drive—Belzoni, MS 13, August, 1955-Lamar SmithMurdered for organizing black

voters—Brookhaven, MS

25, August, 1955—Emmett Louis Till—Youth murdered for speaking

to white woman—Money, MS

22, October, 1955—John Earl Reese-Slain by nightriders opposed to black school improvements—Mayflower, TX

15, September, 1963—Virgil Lamar Ware-Youth killed during wave of racist violence —

Birmingham, AL

31, January, 1964—Louis AlienWitness to murder of civil rights worker, assassinated-Liberty, MS

11 , March, 1965—Rev. James Reeb-March volunteer beaten to death—Selma, AL Hammond, Jr., Delano 25, March, 1965—Viola Gregg Middleton, Henry Smith-Students Liuzzo-Killed by KKK while killed when highway patrolmen transporting marchers—Selma fired on protesters-Orangeburg, Highway AL SC 2, J une, 1965—Oneal Moore—Black 4, April, 1968 —Dr. Martin c | e p U ty killed by nightriders— Luther King, Jr.-Assassinated— Varnado, LA Memphis, TN 20, August, 1965—Jonathan Daniels-Seminary student killed by deputy—Hayneville, AL

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23, January, 1957--Willie Edwards, Jr.-Killed by KKK— Montgomery, AL 25, April, 1959—Mack Charles Earker—Taken from jail and Ivnched-Poplarville, MS u u 7 ’ A P ri, » 1964—Rev. Bruce - 5 - Septemoer, 19«l-Herbert Klunder .. Killed p rotesting Ue-Voter registration worker construction of segregated schoolkilled by white legislator-Liberty, -Cleveland OH MS 2, May, 1964—Henry Hezekiah , Apiil, 1962 —Cpl. RomanEd ( jj e M 0ore __Kju e( j Ducksworth, Jr.-Taken from bus by KKK-Meadville, MS and killed by police-Taylorsville, MS 30, September, 1962—Paul Guihard—European reporter killed during Ole Miss riot-Oxford, MS

23, April, 1963—William Lewis Moore—Slain during one-man march against segregation--Attalla, AL

3, January, 1966 —Samuel Younge, Jr.—Student civil rights activist killed in dispute over whites-only restroom—Tuskegee,

AL

10, January, 1966--Vernon 1 , June, 964—James Chaney, p )a [ imer ._gj ac j ( community leader Andrew Goodman, Michael ki , Ied KKK bom5ing .. Hatties5urgj Schwerner—Civil rights workers abducted and slain by KKK—

Philadelphia, MS

10, June, 1966—Ben Chester White—Killed by KKK—Natchez,

MS

12, June, 1963—Medgar EversCivil rights leader assassinated— Jackson, MS 15, September, 1963-Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole. Robertson, Cynthia Wesley— Schoolgirls killed in bombing of 16th St. Baptist Church--Birmingham, AL

11, July, 1964—Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn —Killed by KKK while

driving north—Colbert, GA 30> Ju|y> tptid-Clarence Triggs-

Slain by nightriders—Bogalusa, LA 27, February, 1966—Wharlest Jackson—Civil rights leader killed after promotion to white job--

Natchez, MS

12, May, 1967—Benjamin BrownCivil rights worker killed when police fired on protesters-Jackson, MS

26, February, 1965—Jimmie Lee Jackson—Civil rights marcher killed by state trooper—Marion, AL