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No one was ever charged in connection with the incident, which left freshmen Denver Smith and Leonard Brown dead from shotgun wounds. The deaths have haunted Pratt ever since. He recalls the date of the shootings almost as easily as his birthday or wedding anniversary.
Feb 18, 2018 · The bodies of Denver Smith and Leonard Brown lay outside the Southern University Administration Building on Nov. 16, 1972. The students were killed during a confrontation with law enforcement...
Nov 16, 1972 · Leonard Brown | Un (re)solved | FRONTLINE | PBS| Web Interactive. Leonard Brown was a 20-year-old student at Southern University, a historically Black university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana....
Nov 16, 2023 · A still-unidentified officer shot and killed two 20-year-old students, Leonard Brown and Denver Smith, who weren’t among the protesters. No one was ever prosecuted in their slayings. They have since been awarded posthumous degrees, and the university’s Smith-Brown Memorial Union bears their names.
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Nov 17, 2022 · 3 hours ago. More Videos. Governor John Bel Edwards signed a formal letter of apology to the families of Leonard Brown and Denver Smith, two Southern University students who lost their lives in...
Nov 17, 2022 · Published: Nov. 16, 2022 at 4:57 PM PST. BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Southern University honored the lives of two students who were murdered on campus during the peak of the civil rights movement....
Nov 14, 2022 · Pain, lessons remain decades after Southern University shooting. Last of a four-part series. Read more at the LSU Cold Case Project. Shunda Wallace was 3 months old when her father, Leonard...
