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Benjamin Brown
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| Born
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1945-05-12
)
May 12, 1945
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| Died
| May 12, 1967
(1967-05-12)
(aged 22)
Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi
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| Resting place
| Sweet Rest Cemetery, Pearl, Rankin County, Mississippi, US
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| Occupation
| Student
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Benjamin Brown
(May 12, 1945 ? May 12, 1967) was an African-American student at
Jackson State University
active in the
civil rights movement
, killed on campus during a standoff between law enforcement and students.
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Upon encountering the standoff (at the sidelines) after picking up a sandwich from a cafe to bring back to his wife, he was shot by two stray shotgun blasts from law enforcement firing into the crowd.
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No arrests were ever made.
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In 2001, a Hinds County grand jury reviewed the case and blamed two deceased officers: Jackson police officer Buddy Kane and Mississippi Highway Patrolman Lloyd Jones. The Brown family filed a lawsuit and settled for $50,000 from the city of
Jackson
. There has been no marker on the JSU campus recognizing the events that took place.
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The
Southern Poverty Law Center
memorialized Benjamin Brown as a civil rights martyr on a
memorial
designed by
Maya Lin
.
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