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Herbert Lee, a 42-year-old dairy farmer in the Amite County area, became a member of the NAACP in the early 1950s. In the fall of 1961, he began transporting voting rights activists within the Pike and Amite County area. On September 25, 1961, Herbert Lee was shot and killed while at the local cotton gin.
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Liberty, Mississippi · United States
