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Ruby McCollum, born Ruby Jackson (August 31, 1909 – May 23, 1992), was a wealthy married African-American woman in Live Oak, Florida, who is known for being arrested and convicted in 1952 for killing Dr. C. Leroy Adams, a prominent white doctor and state senator–elect.
In August of 1952, 43-year-old Ruby McCollum, a black woman, was two months pregnant. The father was a 48-year-old white politician named Dr. Clifford Leroy Adams, Jr. For seven years, Dr. Adams had manipulated, bullied, and raped Ruby.
Ruby McCollum (August 31, 1909-May 23, 1992) was the subject of a notorious murder trial in 1952. She was convicted of killing Dr. C. Leroy Adams, whom she accused of forcing her to submit to sex and bear his child.
Mar 24, 2016 · Ruby McCollum was found guilty for her crime by a jury comprised of all white men, some of whom were Adams’ patients. She was sentenced to death by electric chair.
Jan 28, 2015 · On a Sunday morning, August 3, 1952, Ruby McCollum, who was the richest African-American woman in Suwannee County and had grown up in Marion County, walked into the office of sainted white physician Dr. Clifford Leroy Adams and shot him four times with a revolver.
Jun 27, 2017 · On the quiet Sunday morning of August 3, 1952, Ruby McCollum, the richest black woman in the town of Live Oak, Florida, put two of her children in the backseat of her blue Chrysler. She then drove to the office of Clifford Leroy Adams, a prominent white doctor and state senator-elect.
Jan 2, 2015 · In August of 1952, a wealthy black woman shot and killed Dr. Clifford Leroy Adams. An all-white jury convicted her, but she was not given the death penalty for reasons of insanity — she was...
