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Sammy Younge, Jr., Military Veteran and Civil Rights Activist

Sammy Younge, Civil Rights Activist and Military Veteran
Sammy Younge, Civil Rights Activist and Military Veteran

On 3 January 1966, military veteran and civil rights activist Sammy Younge, Jr was murdered in Alabama. Younge was killed by a gas station attendant in Macon County for trying to use the "whites-only" restroom.

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