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Benjamin Brown, a 22-year-old African-American student at Jackson State University, was tragically killed on May 12, 1967, during a period of heightened civil rights activism in Jackson, Mississippi. Brown, who was also a former civil rights organizer, had gone to the Kon-Tiki Café to pick up a sandwich for his wife when he encountered a standoff between law enforcement officers and students from Jackson State University. The students had been protesting and throwing rocks and bottles at the of ...Read More
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Benjamin Brown
Male
Black / African American
Jackson
MS
1967-05-12
22
Benjamin
Brown
11/12/2025
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I've been reading about Benjamin Brown's case and was struck by how insufficient the legal repercuss... ...Read More
04/06/2023
04/06/2023
