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In 1970 henry marrow, a black vietnam veteran, is murdered by a local white man, robert teel, and his sons. In may, 1970, henry marrow, a twentythreeyearold black veteran living in oxford, north carolina, was beaten and killed by three white men after he allegedly said something provocative to a white woman. I would most definitely recommend it to anyone seeking to further their knowledge of civil rights history. Tyson africanamerican studiesuniversity of wisconsinmadison was only ten in 1970, when a young black husband and father was savagely beaten and then shot to death in oxford, north carolina, by some white men who claimed he had insulted one of their women.
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