Willie Edwards

Willie Edwards Jr. (November 13, 1932 – January 23, 1957) was a 24-year-old black American, husband and father, who was murdered by members of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan. He is buried at New Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Letohatchee, Alabama.
On the night of January 22, 1957, a small group of Klansmen gathered armed with pistols and a rifle. They got into a car to search for Willie Edwards, a black African-American, who had recently been hired as a driver... plus