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Ernest Lee McFarland

Case from Monroe, LA dated Jul 13, 1960

Victim Details

Ernest Lee McFarland

Male

Black / African American

Monroe

LA

1960-07-13

19

Ernest

Lee McFarland

06/21/2026

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In the summer of 1960 in Monroe, Louisiana, a young, 19-year-old African American man named Ernest Lee McFarland worked a difficult job cleaning septic tanks for a white man, Robert Fuller, who owned a sanitation business. Fuller, who was 40 years old at the time and also went by the name Zennie William Fuller, had a reputation for mistreating and underpaying his employees. By July of that year, Fuller was behind on wages for McFarland and four of his other young Black co-workers: Marshall Johns ...
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  • 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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