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Louis Allen (April 25, 1919 – January 31, 1964) was an African-American logger in Liberty, Mississippi, who was shot and killed on his land during the civil rights era.
Apr 15, 2011 · It was in Liberty that Moses met Louis Allen, a rough-hewn World War II veteran who walked proud and was not afraid to stand up for himself. He ran a small...
Aug 29, 2019 · On January 31, 1964, Louis Allen (Allen), an African-American male born April 25, 1919, was murdered in his driveway as he was opening the gate to his home in Amite County, near Liberty, Mississippi. Allen suffered extensive trauma from three shotgun blasts to the head.
On January 31, 1964, the night before he was set to move to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Louis Allen was ambushed outside his property in Liberty, Mississippi, and shot twice in the face with a shotgun. He died almost instantly.
Louis Allen had served in World War II and then came home to work as a logger in Amite County, Mississippi. On January 31, 1964, his son and nephew found his body beneath his truck in...
Jun 29, 2023 · Louis Allen (right photo). The murder of Mississippi voting rights activist Herbert Lee (Sept. 25, 1961), and subsequent murder of witness Louis Allen (Jan. 31, 1964), were key events in the history of the modern Civil Rights Movement.
WWII veteran Louis Allen was murdered on January 31, 1964. Allen had witnessed the murder of NAACP chapter charter member and SNCC supporter Herbert Lee by state legislator E. H. Hurst on September 25, 1961.
On September 25, 1961, Louis Allen witnessed a powerful state legislator shoot and kill a black man.
Apr 17, 2011 · But for nearly half a century, Louis Allen's murder case, and others like it, have become dormant and cold. On this week's Overtime segment, we give you a look at how, over the course of 18...
Biography: "On February 1, 1964, in Liberty, Mississippi, Louis Allen, an African American logger, was shot to death in his driveway.
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