Henry Dumas, a promising writer and poet, tragically lost his life on May 23, 1968, at the age of 33 in Harlem, New York. Dumas was fatally shot by a New York Transit policeman under circumstances that remain unclear. The incident occurred at the 135th Street subway station, where a confrontation between Dumas and the officer led to the shooting. The officer, who was white, claimed it was a case of mistaken identity, but the exact details of the encounter were never fully disclosed. This tragic
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