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Contains 1 Result:
Documents: Correspondence: April 19, 1947; News article: Louisiana, Sunday Heart, Time Magazine, May 19, 1947; news clipping (typed), New Orleans Times Picayune, May 4, 1946 and May, 1946, St. Marksville newspaper., 1946
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Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Documents relating to the case of Willie Francis, a young black man convicted of murder. The first attempt to electrocute him failed. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected his appeal, and he was executed May 9, 1947.
Dates:
Other: 1946