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    1959 Murder Of Black Teenager In Mississippi Draws New Attention

    Gennella Graham learned about the case, and her connection to victim William Roy Prather, while taking a course in local history.
    Sep 06, 2018 3 minutes
    In this July 30, 2018 photo, Corinth High School English teacher Gennella Graham, a distant relative of William Roy Prather, explains the poem she wrote about her relative who was killed by a group of white teenagers, who cruised through the Corinth, Miss., black neighborhood in a pickup on Halloween night, 1959. This school year, Graham will teach her 11th grade students about Prather. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

    The Justice Department recently asked Mississippi prosecutors to consider pressing state charges in a murder of a black teenager by a group of white teenagers nearly 60 years ago.

    William Roy Prather was 15 years old in 1959 when white teenagers in Corinth, Mississippi, shot and killed him on Halloween night. One of the perpetrators served less than a year in prison. Others received probation, or no punishment at all.

    High school teacher learned about the case, and her connection to Prather, while taking a‘s Lisa Mullins talks with Graham about what happened.

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