HistorianspeaksOct 5, 2024

Do you wantto know more about the murder of Herbert Lee. This event sparked protests in McComb, Mississippi in 1961. Read the article below. #HerbertLee #NonviolentHigh #SNCC #BrendaTravis

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Herbert Lee murdered - SNCC Digital Gateway

Herbert Lee was the first local person to be killed because of his involvement with SNCC. The murder took place in broad daylight in front of a dozen people

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HistorianspeaksOct 5, 2024
See our latest post on the Student protests in McComb, Mississippi following the death of Herbert Lee and suspension of Brenda Travis, who spent a year in jail for attempting to integrate a lunch counter. #NonviolentHigh #McComb #HerbertLee #BrendaTravis #SNCC #BobMoses
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"Nonviolent High:" The Death of Herbert Lee (1961)

On October 4th 1961, more than 100 students walked out of Burglund High School in McComb, Mississippi, to protest the killing of Herbert Lee and the expulsion of student Brenda Travis, who was given a year behind bars f...

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John AutrySep 25, 2023
September 25, 1961 - Herbert Lee, a farmer who worked with civil rights leader Bob Moses to help register black voters, was killed by a state legislator, E. H. Hurst, in Liberty, Mississippi. Hurst claimed self-defense and was acquitted by a coroner's jury the same day as the killing. Lewis Allen, who witnessed the shooting, said otherwise, and was himself murdered two years later.
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