George W. Lee, May 27, 1955

George W. Lee was a minister, vice president of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership, and head of the Belzoni, Mississippi branch of the NAACP. Known for his integrity and strength despite the oppressive state of affairs in Mississippi at the time he registered many African-Americans to vote and spoke boldly against the racism that prevailed at the time despite many threats to his life. He was assassinated in 1955 while driving his car.

Lamar Smith, August 13, 1955

Lamar Smith, a farmer and World War I veteran, was active in registering African-Americans to vote when he was shot to death in broad daylight at close range on the lawn of the Lincoln County courthouse in Brookhaven, Mississippi. Despite many witnesses, including the local sheriff, who saw a white man covered with blood leaving the scene. No witnesses would come forward and the three men who had been arrested went free.

Roman Duckworth, April 9, 1962

Roman Duckworth, a Corporal in the Army, was shot to death by a police officer in Taylorsville, Mississippi on April 9, 1962.

Ronald Stokes, April 27, 1962

Ronald Stokes was a Los Angeles, California resident who had worked hard for a drycleaning business, supporting his family and many others in the community when he was wrongfully accosted by police officers who mistakened him for a criminal. He had never been arrested and was known for his strong work ethic. By the time the exchange between him and police occurred he lay dead, after being beaten while he was in handcuffs and a delay in the ambulance arriving 45 minutes later.

George Stinney, June 16, 1944

George Junius Stinney of Alcolu, South Carolina was a fourteen-year-old who was wrongfully convicted of murdering two girls after he was coerced into confessing the crime according to police. He was executed in Columbia, South Carolina and is listed as the youngest person to have ever been executed....which doesn't include lynchings.

Vincent Carlisle, Jr. August 14, 2011

Fort Bragg, North Carolina Army soldiers Private Sebastian Gomez (sometimes reported as Sebastien Gomez or Sebastian Gamez) of Hidalgo, Texas and Specialist Christian Blackett murdered a 17-year-old high school neighbor named Vincent Carlisle, Jr. of Spring Lake, North Carolina. Police are not revealing the motive, but both soldiers were scheduled for a hearing on June 29, 2011 in the Harnett County Courthouse in North Carolina. It has now been postponed to December 4, 2012.

Jason Smith, June 6, 2011

Jason Smith, a 14-year-old boy from Los Angeles, was murdered by the KKK in Eros, Louisiana. News story still developing.