Port Huron Branch, NAACP
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The mission of the NAACP is to ensure the political, educational, social & economic equality of rights of all persons & to eliminate race-based discrimination.
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#VeteransDay
In 1955, WWI vet & farmer Lamar Smith was shot dead in cold blood on crowded courthouse lawn in Miss. for urging African Americans to vote. 💔
No one prosecuted. See NAACP primer & film by @keithabeauchamp.bsky.social with @jelaniya.bsky.social ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/la...
In 1955, WWI vet & farmer Lamar Smith was shot dead in cold blood on crowded courthouse lawn in Miss. for urging African Americans to vote. 💔
No one prosecuted. See NAACP primer & film by @keithabeauchamp.bsky.social with @jelaniya.bsky.social ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/la...
Aug. 13, 1955: Lamar Smith Murdered
Lamar Smith, 63-year-old farmer and WWI veteran, was shot dead in Brookhaven, Mississippi, for urging African Americans to vote.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#VeteransDay
In 1955, WWI vet & farmer Lamar Smith was shot dead in cold blood on crowded courthouse lawn in Miss. for urging African Americans to vote. 💔
No one prosecuted. See NAACP primer & film by @keithabeauchamp.bsky.social with @jelaniya.bsky.social ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/la...
In 1955, WWI vet & farmer Lamar Smith was shot dead in cold blood on crowded courthouse lawn in Miss. for urging African Americans to vote. 💔
No one prosecuted. See NAACP primer & film by @keithabeauchamp.bsky.social with @jelaniya.bsky.social ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/la...