A violent race riot erupted in Columbia, Tennessee, after a dispute between a Black Navy veteran and a white shopkeeper. The incident escalated into a broader confrontation between the Black community and white authorities. White mobs and police attacked Black neighborhoods, resulting in two deaths and ten injuries. The NAACP intervened with legal support, and future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall helped defend the arrested Black men. The event marked a turning point in postwar civil rights activism.
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