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Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr.
9 Apr 1962
Taylorsville, MS
Army M.P. Roman Ducksworth Jr. was an emergency leave to visit his wife and newborn child when he was slapped awake on a Trailways bus, hauled outside and shot dead by a policeman.
Ducksworth, 27, may have been mistaken for a "freedom rider," testing bus desegregation laws in the South. |