In 1948, Royal Cyril Brooks was shot and killed by a police officer as he was heading to work. It started when he paid for a woman's five cent bus fare.
The life of an innocent black union worker from Marrero who was killed by a white Gretna police officer more than 70 years ago is set to be etched in history in a new memorial that has been approved by the state of Louisiana.
“We applied for a historic marking with the state of Louisiana in order to accurately perceive the history of what transpired,” said Kaylie Simon with the Civil Rights & Restorative Justice Project at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston.
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