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Booker T. Spicely
Durham, North Carolina
· 1909~1944
Historical Marker Database · Tom Bosse
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Booker T. Spicely, a Black U.S. Army soldier, was shot nearby in 1944 for resisting Jim Crow laws on a bus. The aftermath of the killing helped revitalize North Carolina's NAACP.
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