Rosa Lee Ingram | |
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| Born | July 23, 1902 |
| Died | August 5, 1980 (aged 78) |
Rosa Lee Ingram (July 23, 1902 – August 5, 1980) was an African-American sharecropper and widowed mother of 12 children in Georgia, who was at the center of one of the most explosive capital punishment cases in U.S. history.[1] In the 1940s, she became an icon for the civil rights and social justice movement.[2]
- ^ Chandler, D.L. (3 February 2014). "Rosa Ingram, Teen Sons Sentenced To Electric Chair On This Day In 1948". Newsone. Archived from the original on June 22, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
- ^ Reyburn, Scott; Pogrebin, Robin (2019-11-15). "For Auctions, It's 'No Froth,' but 'Steady.' That's the New Normal". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-15.