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George Wesley 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.
Rev. George W. Lee was a pastor, a printer, and a NAACP leader who registered to vote in Mississippi in 1955. He was shot and killed by an unknown assailant after receiving threats for his activism. Learn more about his life, legacy, and the investigation of his case.
Jan 29, 2024 · Learn about George Washington Lee, an African American minister, entrepreneur, and NAACP activist who was killed by white supremacists in 1955. His murder inspired the national Civil Rights Movement and sparked federal investigation.
Mar 8, 2024 · Rev. George Washington Lee, one of the first African Americans registered to vote in Humphreys County, Mississippi since Reconstruction, used his pulpit and his printing press to urge others to vote. Lee was head of the Belzoni, Mississippi NAACP.
Jul 15, 2020 · The Unsolved Murder of George W. Lee. The Reverend George Washington Lee was a preacher, a grocer, a publisher, and a civil rights pioneer. He was a tireless champion of black voters in ...
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Especially memorable was the murder of Reverend George W. Lee on May 7 of that year. The crime took place in Humphreys County, one county distant from the scene of the Till murder three months...
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Feb 13, 2020 · Lee was the first black person in Humphreys County to register to vote in recent memory. He and a friend Gus Courts, then co-founded a local branch of the NAACP. By 1955, Lee and Courts had registered nearly all of the county's 90 eligible black voters.
