In the summer of 1966, a 24-year-old African-American bricklayer and veteran named Clarence Triggs was found dead on the side of a highway in Bogalusa, Louisiana. His life was cut short by a gunshot wound to the head on July 30, 1966. Triggs, who had recently moved to Bogalusa from Jackson, Mississippi, with his wife, had become involved in the local civil rights movement. He participated in marches organized by the Congress on Racial Equality and the Bogalusa Voters League, advocating for the r
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