Ben Chester White
Ben Chester White | |
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| Born | January 5, 1899 Natchez, Mississippi, US |
| Died | June 10, 1966 (aged 67) Natchez, Mississippi, US |
| Occupation(s) | Caretaker, Deacon |
| Children | 2 |
Ben Chester White (January 5, 1899 – June 10, 1966) was an African-American caretaker, uninvolved in the civil rights movement, shot down by the KKK. This was likely in an attempt to move focus away from James Meredith’s March Against Fear or to lure Martin Luther King, Jr. in an assassination attempt. This murder went unnoticed by King.