On September 1, 1966 the Dayton, Ohio Uprising began, after the murder of a black man, Lester Mitchell by an unknown white assailant. At 3:00 a.m, Mitchell was outside his bar sweeping the sidewalk, when a red car pulled up and a white man shot him in the face. According to one witness, Tommy Campbell, […]
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