On the morning of August 13, 1955, the grounds of the Lincoln County Courthouse in Brookhaven, Mississippi, became the setting for a violent confrontation tied to the region's heated political climate. Lamar "Ditney" Smith, a 63-year-old Black male and World War I veteran, had traveled to the courthouse to assist others in casting absentee ballots for an upcoming runoff election. As a dedicated civic organizer, he was actively working to unseat the incumbent county supervisor and believed that u
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