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Civil Rights Congres
Genocide In Three M
Jackson, Miss. ? Mississippi J ai
Court decision in three cases involving
Negroes have been, cit^d ! A
by the Civil Rights Congress as1 ri
.examples of the "growing nutu- ; D
ber of legalized genocidal acts rv
against Negroess in Mississippi
and all over the United States." ; gi
In Simpson County, "Mississ- <
ippi, James Brent Durr, tenant "i
farmer, has been sentenced to tc
die in the state's portable elec- et
trie chair on January- 4. 1952. tl
Durr was convicted of "murder'' o*
by an allAvhite jury for hi- self- ai
defense slaying of a~Tocul c.?n w
stable. The constable bad tir-d
i'n ct him. his pregnant wife, 7?
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nd Informer, Columbia, S. C.
>s Charges Race's
[iss. Cases At Hand
nd his young s<>n.
The shooting took place last
pril 13th when Constable Herngton
and his brother invaded
urr allegedly owed a local
lerchant. ,
Mrs. Durr, . who . has since
von birth to a second iShild is
.-he.'ulcd to go on trial, for
murder" 'during "the March
rm of the Simpsi?i County Chut
Court. The constable's bro10r
has charged that, she "leap.1
on my back"' at the time h?
nd his brother were tiring nav.
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j ship, terrorized Negroes throughout
Simpson County following
the shooting in the search for '
Durr. The commanding officer
publicly assorted that his aim
| was to terrorize Mississippi Ne- (
J grocs then struggling to save
Willie McCec. !
McGee was electrocuted on ,
May 8 in an act of genocide
which brought protests from every
corner .of the globe.
Durr's court-appointed defense 1
attorney- have made no announcement
about an appeal of 1
his death sentence.
1 contrast to the sentencing of 1
Out r. the CTU.\ was a Mis-i-.-?ippi
all-white jury's freeing on \?r.
[ember 80th of Jack Sides, a Col|
umtnis wh.te man, wT~ Ju t and
Isijivd Turn Porter. a Negro, la-t
1 July 128. in a cafe.
S: w lio ha,s_ been a liari; u
tn tuimer- us C'dumbus criminal
I eo i M din ing the pa-l few years,
iitt'w n p'e : to short hang-, l'oriT-''?i\h
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an 1 w , jmnivd.al.dy shot and
?iked
fh' Y-r 1 h 1 rd I'd i -. piu c,v-< a
: i ug ' L. M .n ew. a 48-year old
. j penter w ho taped a 14yeur
old Negru girl in Jackson
:::st S.'; tig, was g ym a nm n:
>:i ah while jury on
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t i ;.i r trial again in a few
month?.
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though M *now ,i t.fut i>.'
a,- a .() wit h \ in
child an.I tuat he. held ill's hands
ah i' \er in- nth when site began
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to davs cross examination charged I
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which he handled for Miss Bankhead
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life by asking whether I^angford
had been the recipient of
Miss Bankhead's favors, but this
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