Reverend George Wesley Lee

Death by Force

Reverend George Wesley Lee, a prominent African-American civil rights leader, was assassinated on May 7, 1955, in Belzoni, Mississippi. Lee, who was 51 years old at the time of his death, was a Baptist minister, entrepreneur, and vice president of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership. He was also the head of the Belzoni branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Lee's assassination was a direct result of his efforts to register African Americans to vote ...Read More

Zinn Education Project: May 7, 1955: Murder of Rev. George W. Lee - Zinn Education Project