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- 1 Emmett Till THE ULTIMATE8-28-56 REPRESSIONMississippi OF14 IDEASPistol whipped, ! shot & thrown in river after refusing to adroit his racial inferiority. William Moore 4-24-63 Keener, Alabama Shot while marching. Medgar Evers 6-13-63 Mississippi 37 Shot from ambush. Cynthia Wesley 9-15-63 Birmingham, Alabama 14 Killed in church bombing. Denise McNair 9-15-63 Birmingham, Alabama 11 Killed in church bombing. Carole Robertson 9-15-63 Birmingham, Alabama 14 Killed in church bombing. Addle Mae Collins 9.153 Birmingham, Alabama 14 Killed in church bombing. Virgil Wade 9.15-63 Birmingham, Alabama 13 Shot by white child. Johnny Robertson 9-15-63 Birmingham, Alabama 16 Shot by cops after church bombing Rev. Bruce W. Klunder 4-8-64 Cleveland, Ohio 26 Crushed to death in demons tn. James Chaney 6-21-64 Philadelphia, Miss. 21 Beaten, shot, buried, Andrew Goodman 6-21-64 Philadelphia, Miss. 20 Shot & buried. Michael Schwerner 6-21-64 Pli iiadelphi , Mie a . 24 Shot & buried. Henry Dee 7-13-64 Vicksburg, Miss. Decapitated, body in river. Charles Moore 7-13-64 Vicksburg, Miss, Body found in river. SaMes Powell 8-11-64 New York City 15 Shot by Lt/ Gilligan, NYPD., Jimmy Lee Jackson 2-14-65 Marten, Alabama Shot by state trooper MALCOLM X 2-21-65 New York City 40 Assassinated by goy. agents. Leon Ameer 3-13-65 Boston, Mass. hialcolm's Znd in cOrriMand, found strangled to death. James Reeb 3-12-65 Selma, Alabama 38 Beaten to death by whites. Alice Herz 3-16-65 Detroit, Mich. 82 Self-immolation, Viet Nam War, Viola Liuzzo 3-26-65 Selma, Alabama Shpt after Rights dem nstrn. James WaIrop 85:2251:6655-25-65 Mobile, Alabama Civil Rights reporter-throat cut Johnathan Daniels Haynesville, Alabama 26 Shot to death after picketing. Lee Edward Culbreath 12-5-65 Hamburg, Alabama Shot by Klan Leo Bernard 5-16-66 Detroit, Mich. SWF' member-shot in office. Norman Morriaon 11-2-66 Washington, D. C. Self-immolation, Viet Nam War. Richard Hunt 7-21-67 Cairo, Illinois Murdered in Jail, Vernon Dahmer 1-26-68 Mississippi Killed by Klan. Arthur Glenn Norris 3-68 Los Angeles Black Panther-found dead MARTIN LUTHER KING 4-4-68 Memphis, Term. Shot to death. Bobby Hutton 4-8-68 Oakland. Calif. 15 Black Panther-killed by cope. Cleveland, Ohio Leroy Mansfield Williams 7-23-68 Ahmed Evans follower .killed Sidney Taylor Curtis II II in police shoot-out which took Bernard Donald lives of 8 cops. James E. Chapman 7-23-68 Cleveland, Ohio Bystander, Killed by police. Clifford Miller 7-23-68 Cleveland. OhiO 23 B eaten & shot by whites. James C. Haynes 7-23,1.,5 Cleveland. Ohio Shot by gang. Tommy Lewis 8-5-68 Los Angeles 18 Panther-killed by cops. Robert Lawrence 8-5-68 Los Angeles ZZ Panther-killed by cops. Steve Bartholomew 8:252-688 Los Angeles 21 Killed by cops. Dean Johnson 8-22-68 Chicago 17 Killed by cops. Welton (Butch) Armstead 10-15-68 Seattle Panther -questioned, killed by cop Sidney Miller 11-71-68 Seattle 26 Panther-killed by merchant Charles Billips 11-68 Chicago SCLC official, murdered, Fr ank (Cranko)Diggs 12-30-68 Los -Angeles Panther-shot to death. Bunchy Carter 1-17-69 Los Angeles Panther -killed by US-UCLA. John Higgins 1-17-69 Los Angeles Panther -killed by US-UCLA. Willis Payne 3-24-69 Thoicrna:osville, N.-C. 52 Found dead after FBI qustning. Manuel Ramos 5-3-69 Chicago Young Lord-killed by cop. James REctor 5-15-69 Berkeley, Calif. 26 Shot in People's Park struggle Tipton Blish 5.17-69 Indianapolis, Ind. 65 KKK foe, found stabbed. Alex Rackley 5-21-69 New Haven, Conn. Panther -killed by govt. agent, John Savage 5-23-69 San Diego, Calif. Panther-killed by US Brother Charles 7X 6-7-69 Macon, Ga. Shot by 2 cops. Sylvester Bell 8-25-69 San Diego, Calif. Panther-killed by US Larry Robertson 10-4-69 Chicago 21 Panther-died in jail frm weds, Nathania/ Clark 9-4-69 Los Angeles Panther-killed by police agt. Gary Carorenuti 9-13-69 Boston, Mass, Shot & mutilated. Rev, Bruce Johnson 9-69 Chicago Young Lords pastor, murdered. Mrs. Bruce Johnson 9-69 Chicago Wife of above-murder ed John Soto 10-5-69 Chicago 16 Killed by Chicago cops. Michael Soto 10-10-69 Chicago 19 Killed by cops at hrthr' s funerl. Craig Bediali 10-15-69 Blackwood, N. J. Suicide-Viet Nam War protest. Joan Fox 10-15-69 Blackwood, N. S. Suicide-Viet Nam 'War protest. Wailer Tours Pope 10-18.69 Los Angeles Panther-killed by Metro squad Jake Winters 11-13-69 Chicago Panther -killed in shootout Fred Hampton 12-4-69 Chicago 21 Panther-murdered by Pigs. Mark Clark 12-4 -69 Chicago Panther-murdered by Pigs. ARE YOU NEXT ? 11 (risc-pittsburgh 1/70) .
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