Killing Of Henry Marrow
Henry Dortress Marrow, Junior (January 7, 1947 – May 12, 1970), called Dickie by his friends and family, was 23 when he was killed in Oxford, North Carolina on May 11, 1970. A black man in a largely segregated community, Marrow was beaten and shot outside of a local store. The white proprietor and one of his sons were brought to trial on a charge of murder. Their acquittal by an all-white jury spurred rioting and arson in Oxford, and influence the broader Civil Rights movement throughout the United States.
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