Taylorsville, Mississippi
April 09, 1962
Agencies: Federal Bureau of Investigation - FBI | United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division
Cause of death: Shooting
Last updated: almost 6 years ago
Cpl. Roman Ducksworth Jr., a military police officer stationed in Maryland, was on leave to visit his sick wife when he was ordered off a bus by a police officer and shot dead. The police officer may have mistaken Ducksworth for a “freedom rider” who was testing bus desegregation laws.