Ben Chester White

Ben Chester White
Born(1899-01-05)January 5, 1899
Natchez, Mississippi, US
DiedJune 10, 1966(1966-06-10) (aged 67)
Natchez, Mississippi, US
Occupation(s)Caretaker, Deacon
Children2

Ben Chester White (January 5, 1899 – June 10, 1966) was an African-American caretaker, uninvolved in the civil rights movement, shot down by the KKK. This was likely in an attempt to move focus away from James Meredith’s March Against Fear or to lure Martin Luther King, Jr. in an assassination attempt. This murder went unnoticed by King.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "KKK killed Ben Chester White, hoping to lure & kill MLK". The Clarion Ledger. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  2. ^ "Ben Chester White: Murdered by Klansmen as Attempt to Lure and Kill Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr". Black Then. 2018-02-22. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  3. ^ "White, Ben Chester – MS Civil Rights Project". Retrieved 2019-10-26.