George W. Lee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge W. Lee
Minister, grocer, civil rights activist
Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1903
Place of Birth: Edwards, Mississippi, United States
Date of Death: 07-May-1955
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About George W. Lee
- George Washington Lee (December 25, 1903 – May 7, 1955) was an African-American civil rights leader, minister, and entrepreneur.
- He was a vice president of the Regional Council of Negro Leadership and head of the Belzoni, Mississippi, branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- He was assassinated in 1955 for organizing African Americans to try to register to vote.
- Since 1890 they had been effectively disenfranchised in Mississippi due to a new state constitution; other states across the South passed similar acts and constitutions, excluding millions of people from the political system and establishing one-party states.
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