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Jan 01, 1912 Liberty, Mississippi, United States Died on 25 Sep 1961 (aged 49)
American civil rights activist
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- Herbert Lee (January 1, 1912 – September 25, 1961) was an American civil rights activist in Mississippi remembered as a proponent of voting rights for African Americans in that state, who had been disenfranchised since 1890.
- He was a charter member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Amite County and sought to enfranchise black Americans by encouraging voter registration.
- In 1961, Lee assisted Bob Moses in his efforts to persuade locals to register.
- His activities were met with threats of reprisal by the white community, and Lee became one of the movement's earliest victims to white violence: he was murdered by Mississippi state representative E.
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- Hurst in broad daylight at the cotton gin while delivering cotton near Liberty.
