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I had never heard of Reverend George Lee and Lamar Smith until today.
Reverend George 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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Lee
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith (1892 – August 13, 1955) was a U.S. civil rights figure, black farmer, World War I veteran and an organizer of black voter registration. He was shot to death in broad daylight around 10 a.m. at close range on the lawn of the Lincoln County courthouse in Brookhaven, Mississippi.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamar_Smith_(activist)
I am reading APRIL 1968 (about MLK) and it mentioned Rev. George Lee being murdered, so I googled him.
Had Bob Dylan not written the song about Emmett Till, most of us would probably have never heard of him either.