Liberty, Mississippi
Photo Credit: Dr. Antoinette Harrell

 

Herbert Lee was a Civil Right Activist in Amite County, Mississippi and was advocating for African Americans in the Mississippi to have the right to vote. He was murdered by E. H. Hurst,   on September 25, 1961 in Liberty, Mississippi at the cotton gin. E. H. Hurst was a member of the Mississippi House of Representative from Amite County.