Ben Chester White,

Natchez, Mississippi
June 10, 1966

Agencies: Unspecified

Cause of death: Shooting


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Overview

Ben Chester White, who had worked most of his life as a caretaker on a plantation, had no involvement in civil rights work. He was murdered by Klansmen who thought they could divert attention from a civil rights march by killing a black person.