The homegoing celebration will be held on Satuarday, July 2, 2011, at 11 am at First Hyde Park MB Church, 2750 Coleman Avenue, Jackson, MS.
Lakeover Funeral Home, 1525 Beasley, Rd. Jackson, MS is in charge of services.
Published in Clarion Ledger from June 29 to July 1, 2011
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James Craig Anderson was a 49-year-old African American who was murdered by being run over, in Jackson, Mississippi on June 26, 2011, by a pick-up truck driven by 18-year old Deryl Dedmon. The event was recorded on a security camera. According to police, before being killed, Anderson was robbed and repeatedly beaten by a group of white teenagers including Dedmon and his friends. Anderson's murder generated a high-profile civil rights investigation by the FBI; according to authorities, his death was intentional and racially motivated. Dedmon was convicted to two life sentences for the murder.
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The homegoing celebration will be held on Satuarday, July 2, 2011, at 11 am at First Hyde Park MB Church, 2750 Coleman Avenue, Jackson, MS.
Lakeover Funeral Home, 1525 Beasley, Rd. Jackson, MS is in charge of services.
Published in Clarion Ledger from June 29 to July 1, 2011
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
James Craig Anderson was a 49-year-old African American who was murdered by being run over, in Jackson, Mississippi on June 26, 2011, by a pick-up truck driven by 18-year old Deryl Dedmon. The event was recorded on a security camera. According to police, before being killed, Anderson was robbed and repeatedly beaten by a group of white teenagers including Dedmon and his friends. Anderson's murder generated a high-profile civil rights investigation by the FBI; according to authorities, his death was intentional and racially motivated. Dedmon was convicted to two life sentences for the murder.
~From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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