ON THIS DAY in 1944.... GEORGE STINNEY – THE YOUNGEST PERSON SENTENCED TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR... George Junius Stinney, Jr. was a 14-year-old African American boy living in Alcolu, Clarendon County, South Carolina. Alcolu was a tiny town divided by the railroad tracks that ran through it. The tracks were an informal border whites lived on one side and blacks on the other. On March 22, 1944, two white girls 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker and 8-year-old Mary Emma Thames left on bicycles to look f

On June 16, 1944, 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. of South Carolina became the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century. Seven decades later, he was exonerated. Learn more: https://comca.st/3Htb4jw | Voices of the Civil Rights Movement

George Stinney Jr. (1944, South Carolina). The Innocence of George Stinney Jr.: A Story of Injustice | All About History

The Execution of Innocence: The Story of George Stinney, Jr. At just 14 years old, George Stinney Jr. was wrongly accused, swiftly convicted, and tragically executed by the state. Decades later, the truth emerged—but justice came too late. Watch this powerful short that exposes one of America’s darkest legal failures. #UnlockYourMindInfinite #GeorgeStinney #BlackHistory #WrongfulConviction #AmericanInjustice #JusticeForGeorgeStinney #UnlockYourMindInfinite #HiddenHistory #HistoryMatters | Unlock