Ernest Lee McFarland

Death by Force

Ernest Lee McFarland, a 19-year-old African American man from Monroe, Louisiana, tragically died on July 13, 1960. McFarland worked for a white man named Robert Fuller, who owned a sanitation business. Fuller had a reputation for mistreating and underpaying his employees, and on the day of the incident, he owed back wages to McFarland and four other young Black workers.

Fuller invited the five men to his home under the pretense of paying them their owed wages. However, the situation quick ...Read More

Newspapers.com: Article clipped from The Times

The Daily Advertiser: Horrific 1960 Louisiana killing of 4 Black men leaves unanswered questions

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