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Marvin Williams

Case from Midland-city, AL dated Jul 18, 1926

Victim Details

Name

Marvin Williams

Gender

Male

City

Midland-city

State

AL

Date Of Death

1926-07-18

Age At Death

32

First Name

Marvin

Last Name

Williams

Solved

Yes

Last Updated

07/18/2026

Case Description

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In the early morning hours of May 6, 1960, a young Black man named Marvin Leonard Williams, aged 20, died while in police custody in Conway, Arkansas. A former paratrooper and a married father with a second child on the way, Williams had been taken into custody by two white police officers on the evening of May 5th from a parked car on Markham Street, where he had been resting. The official report from law enforcement at the time claimed that Williams, allegedly arrested for public intoxication, ...

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Chief of Police Marvin Williams

Full text of "Albany Decatur Daily (1926-07-19)" - Internet Archive

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