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CRRJ Presentation 10.26.11
CRRJ Presentation 10.26.11
CRRJ Presentation 10.26.11
The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project (CRRJ) conducts research and supports policy initiatives on anti-civil rights violence in the United States and other miscarriages of justice of that period. CRRJ serves as a resource for scholars, policymakers, and organizers involved in various initiatives seeking justice for crimes of the civil rights era.
rape of a white woman on November 20, 1918 Taken to Culpeper County Jail Gang of 15 hooded men took him out of the jail on November 25, 1918 in early hours of morning Lynched two miles away No one was ever charged with the crime
and veteran in Alston, Georgia (Montgomery County) Wife was Sallie Nixon- they had 6 children Nixon voted in Georgia Primary Jim A. Johnson and Johnny Johnson confronted Nixon at his home for voting Jim A. Johnson pulled out a handgun and shot Mr. Nixon in front of his wife and children on the front porch of their home Nixon was taken to a hospital 25 miles away and died 48hours later from the gun shot wounds
fuels an awareness campaign under Voting Rights Jim A. Johnson charged with murder; Brother Johnny was charged as an accessory to the murder. Both brothers were acquitted on November 5, 1948. After the trial, the Nixon family was forced to move from Georgia to Jacksonville, Florida upon threats of violence
but was reported most vigorously by the Pittsburgh Courier Pittsburgh Courier in honor of the Mrs. Nixon and her children, opened up the Nixon Fund for Relief
Received money donations from all over the
country (including from Professionals, Churches, and even the Harlem Globe Trotters Proceeds paid for a newly built house and furnishings in Jacksonville, Florida
An accurate account of the trial proceedings A new investigation into the case
Received information that Johnson Brothers were
working the voting polls that day Were also involved in the brutal assault of an NAACP Chapter President-D.V. Carter that same day
Contact with surviving family members Memorial/Apology/Community Education
Joined the army and served in WWI Utility worker Prominent landowner and father Started cotton gin business Attacked and murdered on June 4, 1954 Body was tied to a tree, mutilated, and
Military Honors Media Coverage Property Investigation FBI Criminal Investigation History of Racial Violence in Crittenden
For more information about the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, please visit our website: http://www.northeastern.edu/civilrights/