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On a summer evening in Madison, Wisconsin, the lives of a young couple were tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence. On August 7, 1977, Alphonse Manning Jr., a 23-year-old Black male, and his 23-year-old white girlfriend, Toni Schwenn, were fatally shot in the parking lot of the East Towne Mall. Their deaths were not the result of a robbery or a personal dispute, but rather a brutal manifestation of racial hatred.
For years, the case remained a painful open wound for the Madis ...Read More
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Alphonse Ning
Male
Black / African American
Madison
WI
1977-08-07
23
Alphonse
Ning
11/12/2025







