On May 25, 1971, Jo Etha Collier, a young Black woman and high school student, was tragically killed in Drew, Mississippi, by a bullet fired from a passing car. The attack was unprovoked and racially motivated. The following day, May 26, three white men were arrested and charged in connection with the murder. Her death became a stark reminder of the ongoing racial violence and injustice in the American South, even years after the civil rights legislation of the 1960s.
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