Facts on 3 January
1966 - Shooting of Civil Rights Activist

On this date in 1966, Sammy Younge, Jr., 21, was shot to death by a 67 year old white service station attendant. A Tuskegee Institute student and civil rights activist, Younge was shot after using the “Whites only” restroom at the service station where the white attendant was working.

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