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In Lawrence County: Negro Mother Of Five Gets 5-Year Sentence

August 24, 1955

Describes that Willa Dean Cunningham, a Black woman from Courtland, was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to five years in prison

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Life Sentence Is Upheld By Court

February 12, 1951

Explains that the Supreme Court held up a life sentence against a white man named Windol Whitt who murdered three Black children and includes the names of the other white men who participated in the act

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