"White Was an Unlikely Klan Target."
Dublin Core
Title
"White Was an Unlikely Klan Target."
Subject
Ku Klux Klan; Local history; Natchez (Miss.); Civil rights; Violence
Description
Newspaper article discussing the life and death of Ben Chester White, highlighting historical context and racial tensions in Natchez, Mississippi. Published in the Natchez Democrat.
Creator
Nancy White (Kelvin Cooper)
Source
Personal collection
Publisher
Natchez Democrat
Date
1999-12-06
Contributor
Nancy White
Rights
Copyright may apply; used for educational purposes only
Relation
Great-uncle Ben Chester White
Format
Newspaper clipping (PDF or JPEG)
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
NW_002
Coverage
Natchez, Mississippi, United States
Text Item Type Metadata
Added by
Nancy White
Text
He was murdered by KKK members James L. Jones, Claude Fuller, and Ernest Avants. They took him into the Homochitto National Forest under the pretense of finding a lost dog, where they shot him eighteen times and dumped his body into Pretty Creek.
Original Format
Newspaper clipping
Citation
Nancy White (Kelvin Cooper), “"White Was an Unlikely Klan Target.",” LIS 652 -Omeka Sandbox, accessed September 29, 2026, https://lis652omeka.usmcdh.org/items/show/100.