Killing of Bobby Lee Joyner in North Carolina in 1951
Incident
Bobby Lee Joyner (1933-1951), a student, was killed by police chief J.A. Wheeler and police officer W.E. Williford in La Grange, Lenoir County, North Carolina. Police claimed that they were attempting to arrest Joyner for trying to break into the home of Margaret Norris, that Joyner attacked them with a knife, and they subsequently shot him. Grand jury declined to indict.
advocacy group resources
- News article from the Daily Worker about the shooting of a student by J. A. Wheeler and W. E. Wilford : January 24, 1951
- News article from the Greensboro Daily News about the exoneration of officers in the fatal shooting of Bobby Lee Joyner : January 25, 1951
- News article from the Greensboro Daily News about exoneration of police officers in the shooting death of Bobby Lee Joyner : January 25, 1951
- News article from the Carolinian about the death of Bobby Lee Joyner : January 21, 1951
- News correction from the Daily Worker giving the name of the student, Bobby Lee Joyner, whose shooting was reported on in a prior article : January 25, 1951
- News article from the Greensboro Daily News about the fatal shooting of Bobby Lee Joyner by police : January 11, 1951
- News article from the Greensboro Record about the exoneration of officers in the fatal shooting of Bobby Lee Joyner : January 25, 1951
- News article from the Greensboro Daily News about the fatal shooting of Bobby Lee Joyner by police : January 18, 1951
- News article from the Baltimore Afro-American about the exoneration of J. A. Wheeler and W. E. Williford for killing Bobby Lee Joyner : February 3, 1951
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