On this day in 1964, Johnnie Mae Chappell was killed in Jacksonville, Florida, after buying ice cream for her children.
by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Today March 23, 2023 MARCH 23, 1964 Johnnie Mae Chappell was walking to a store in Jacksonville, Florida, to buy some ice cream for her children when she realized she had dropped her wallet. As she retraced her steps along a road, four white men spotted her, and one of them killed her. They had been looking for anyone Black to kill following a day of racial unrest. All four men were indicted, but only J.W. Rich, the alleged triggerman, was tried.
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