Why Is George Lee So Important In The Civil Rights Movement

During the Civil Rights Movement hundreds of people were murdered at no reasonable cause. During this time of much tribulation, many innocent people were killed for what they believed in or the color of their skin. The 1900’s was filled with many famous murders of innocent people that contributed to the racist climate of the time period.

The people that were killed were mostly people of color standing up for their rights or simply just their color. Not to mention few whites who were also killed for supporting African Americans’ equality. Rev. George Lee was one of the first black people registered to vote in Humphreys County. In 1954 in his state blacks outnumbered whites 2-1. But it was still very high in racism they couldn’t vote even at

He died in the hospital that day. The police told the public that his death was caused by a traffic accident and that the lead pellets in his face and neck were most likely dental fillings that came out in the accident.George was being an advocate to those like him that shared the same skin color. He was urging them to vote. He was standing up for his rights and what he believed in. This lead to his assassination. When the accident happened white law had lied to the public on what happened. Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy from Chicago visiting with his Uncle and cousins in Money, Mississippi. On August 28,1955 Emmett and some local boys went to Bryant’s Grocery Store and Meat Market to buy candy and bubble gum after an exhausting day of picking cotton. Supposedly Emmet touched the hand, whistled at, flirted with a white woman. Emmett’s friends he went with reported this. A few days later, 14 year old Emmett, was kidnapped by the woman’s husband, Roy Bryant, and half brother, J.W. Milam. They beat Emmett, shot him in the head and tied him to a barbed wire and threw him into the bank. Emmett didn’t do anything to result in his death but was an innocent teenager flirting with a woman.