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Pain, lessons remain decades after Southern shooting
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLast of a four-part series Shunda Wallace was 3 months old when her father, Leonard Brown, and another student, Denver Smith, were shot dead by a...
For two families, a Southern University education meant everything. Then came tragedy.
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFirst in a four-part series. Josephine and Denver Smith took different approaches to protests at Southern University in the fall of 1972. Josephine skipped class for meetings, while her older ...
Louisiana governor apologizes for 1972 deaths of 2 students
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLouisiana's governor has issued an official apology for the deaths of two students who were shot by...
Edwards issues apology following Southern students killing 50 years ago
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBATON ROUGE — Gov. John Bel Edwards apologized Wednesday on behalf of the state to former Southern...
Without an eyewitness in Southern University shooting, the FBI turned to polygraphs, angle of shot
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThird in a four-part series. At 12:35 p.m. on Nov. 17, 1972, the phone rang in the office of acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray in Washington. It was Deputy Attorney General Ralph Erickson, ...
50 years ago, 2 Southern University students were shot and killed. A sister wondered, 'Why? Why?'
The Daily Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSecond in a four-part series The knock on the door came at 4 a.m. Rickey Hill and Herget Harris, two protest leaders at Southern University, peeked out and saw sheriff’s deputies outside their ...