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On January 11, 2013, the body of Kendrick Johnson (October 10, 1995 – January 11, 2013) was discovered inside a vertical rolled-up gym mat in the gymnasium of Lowndes High School in Valdosta, Georgia, United States, where he was a student.
Jonathan Myrick Daniels (March 20, 1939 – August 20, 1965) was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist. In 1965, he was killed by Tom Coleman, a highway worker and part-time deputy sheriff, in Hayneville, Alabama, while in the act of shielding 17-year-old Ruby Sales from a racist attack. [1]
It provided cremation services for a number of funeral homes in Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee, and made cremation an option for people in communities where it had previously been difficult to obtain. Marsh was a respected businessman. He once ran for Coroner of Walker County, losing by fewer than 100 votes. Marsh also ran other businesses ...
Lowndes County (/ ˈ l aʊ n d z /) is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 118,251. [1] The county seat is Valdosta. [2] The county was created December 23, 1825. Lowndes County is included in the Valdosta metropolitan statistical area. It is located along the ...
On June 25, 1918, Schuman was removed from Brooks County Jail to an unknown location to avoid being lynched. Schuman survived the ordeal and moved to Albany, Georgia shortly afterward. [11] Sidney Johnson, who murdered Smith, reached Valdosta, the county seat of Lowndes County, where he hid for a few days. When he appealed to another black man ...
Unincorporated communities in Lowndes County, Georgia (8 P) This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 06:09 (UTC). Text is ...
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Donald Lee Hollowell (December 19, 1917 – December 27, 2004) [1] was an American civil rights attorney during the Civil Rights Movement, in the state of Georgia.He successfully sued to integrate Atlanta's public schools, Georgia colleges, universities and public transit, freed Martin Luther King Jr. from prison, and mentored civil rights attorneys (including Vernon Jordan and Horace Ward).