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George Washington Lee (December 25, 1903 – May 7, 1955) was an African-American civil rights leader, minister, and entrepreneur. He was a vice president of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership and head of the Belzoni, Mississippi , branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People .
George H. W. Bush was erroneously reported dead in an e-mail by WBAP-AM/WBAP-FM, due to a false tip. At the time, Bush was in intensive care recovering from illness. [54] The German magazine Der Spiegel erroneously published a draft obituary for Bush on December 30, 2012, during his recovery from the same illness. [55]
George Washington Lee (January 4, 1894 – August 1, 1976) was an African-American soldier, writer, political leader and corporate executive. Born in Heathman, Mississippi in 1894, Lee spent most of his life in Memphis, Tennessee. Lee received numerous citations for his benevolence and civic initiatives.
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California, Oregon: 1990–1995: 8–185: Known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many letters to the media and authorities [146] 40: Michael Gargiulo: Southern California: 1993–2008: 3–10: Serial killer known as The Hollywood Ripper [147] 41: Wayne Adam Ford: California: 1997–1998: 4+
Smith's murder was one of several racially motivated attacks in Mississippi in 1955. The other incidents included the murder of George W. Lee, a civil rights leader in Belzoni (May), the killing of Emmett Till, a black teenager visiting from Chicago (August), and the shooting of Gus Courts (December), a civil rights associate of Lee in Belzoni.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of California since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia , the following 13 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of California. [ 1 ]
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón's reform-minded outlook on juvenile justice seemed made for someone like Denmonne Lee. When he was 16, Lee took part in an Antelope Valley gas station ...