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Murder. Known for. Civil rights activist; first black college student activist murdered during the Civil Rights Movement. Samuel Leamon Younge Jr. (November 17, 1944 – January 3, 1966) was a civil rights and voting rights activist who was murdered for trying to desegregate a "whites only" restroom. [1]
23 de feb. de 2023 · The Black College Student And Activist Killed Over A Segregated Bathroom. By Kaleena Fraga | Edited By Erik Hawkins. Published February 23, 2023. Updated February 24, 2023. The murder of Sammy Younge Jr. by a white gas station attendant in Tuskegee ignited the college civil rights movement.
30 de sept. de 2014 · Samuel (“Sammy”) Leamon Younge Jr. was a 21-year-old civil rights activist who was shot to death on January 3, 1966 when he attempted to use a whites-only restroom at a gas station in Macon County, Alabama. He was a navy veteran studying political science at Tuskegee Institute.
On Jan. 3, 1966, Samuel (Sammy) Younge Jr. was killed at a gas station in Macon County, Alabama for using the “whites-only” bathroom. Younge was a 21-year-old African American Tuskegee Institute student and a voting rights activist. He had lost a kidney while serving in the U.S. Navy.
El asesinato de Sammy Younge Jr. a manos de un empleado blanco de una gasolinera en Tuskegee encendió el movimiento universitario por los derechos civiles. Marina de Estados Unidos Sammy Younge Jr. tenía 21 años cuando le dispararon y lo mataron.
On Jan. 3, 1966, Sammy Younge Jr., a 22-year-old black college student, was murdered for attempting to use a white restroom at a Texaco service station in Tuskegee, Ala. The news of his murder...
A Personal Mission: Sammy Younge Jr. This text tells the story of the young black Civil Rights activist Sammy Younge. Sammy Younge could have had an easy life. He grew up in a prominent middle-class family in Tuskegee, Ala., a town dominated by a famous black university and noted for its progressive race relations.
