In 1950, in Kosciusko, Mississippi, a tragic event unfolded that resulted in the death of 13-year-old Sonny Man Thurman, a Negro male. The incident occurred when three white men, identified as Leon Turner, Malcolm Whitt, and Melvin Whitt, opened fire on the home of Thomas Harris, a Negro sharecropper.
The shooting claimed the lives of not only Sonny Man Thurman, but also Mary McAfee and 4-year-old Nell Harris. The alleged motive for this violent act appears to be connected to an earlier i
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