McGee, Willie, 1915-1951
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Name (Latin)
McGee, Willie, 1915-1951
Date of birth
1915-11-04
Date of death
1951-05-08
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Born Nov. 4, 1915
executed on May 8, 1951 in Laurel, Miss. on a much-disputed charge that he'd raped a white housewife named Willette Hawkins
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Wikipedia description:
Willie McGee (c. 1916 – May 8, 1951) was an African American man from Laurel, Mississippi, who was sentenced to death in 1945 and executed on Tuesday, May 8, 1951, after being controversially convicted for the rape of a white woman on November 2, 1945. McGee's legal case became a cause célèbre that attracted worldwide attention, as it was roundly decried as a miscarriage of justice in the Jim Crow south.
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