David Lee Pitts

Death by Force

David Lee Pitts, a 24-year-old Black man from Monroe, Louisiana, tragically lost his life on July 13, 1960. Pitts was one of five Black employees of Robert "Shotgun" Fuller, a white man who later became a leader in the Ku Klux Klan. On that fateful day, Fuller invited the men to his home under the pretense of settling wages. However, Fuller shot all five men, killing four, including Pitts, and seriously wounding one.

Fuller claimed he acted in self-defense, but investigations by the LSU C ...Read More

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