African American World War Two veteran Maceo Snipes was murdered after voting in the Taylor County Georgia Democratic Party primary. He was the only Black person to vote in the entire county. Four men were involved in the killing, two were later identified as Edward Williamson and Lynwood Harvey, also WWII veterans. The KKK had been particularly active in the county. Williamson claimed self defense, asserting that Snipes had pulled a knife on him in a confrontation about a debt. In 1985 he committed suicide, overcome by guilt.
Snipes and his mother were both sharecroppers on Homer Chapman's land in Butler, Georgia.
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Wednesday, July 17, 1946. African Americans were allowed to vote in Georgia's primary election for the first time.
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