Racial Conflict – Victims of violence
Frances Thompson (1840-1876)
Frances Thompson, a transgender woman and anti-rape activist became one of five Black women to testify before a congressional committee...
Patrick Lyoya (1996-2022)
Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old African American resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was fatally shot by Officer Christopher Schurr of the...
Daunte Demetrious Wright (2000-2021)
Daunte Demetrious Wright, a 20-year-old African American man, tragically lost his life during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota....
James Earl Chaney (1943-1964)
James Earl Chaney was a civil rights activist and a member of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). On June...
Maceo Snipes (1909-1946)
US Army World War II veteran Maceo Snipes was killed in 1946 in Taylor County, Georgia because he voted. Snipes...
Henry Dortress Marrow Jr. (1947-1970)
Henry Dortress “Dickie” Marrow was an African American veteran who was shot and killed after a racial confrontation with whites...
Alton Sterling (1979 – 2016)
Alton Sterling, a victim of a police killing, was born on June 14, 1979, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He worked...
Dante Parker (1978- 2014)
Dante Parker, a Victorville (California) Daily Press employee who had worked as a pressman since 2007 and was the father...
Atatiana Jefferson (1990-2019)
Atatiana Koquice Jefferson was a 28-year-old graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana who also worked as a pharmaceutical sales representative...
