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Ozell Sutton
Civil Rights activist Ozell Sutton at a meeting of community leaders in Atlanta, Georgia, October 29, 1980, Georgia State University
December 13, 1925 – December 19, 2015
Raised in Gould, Arkansas
Throughout the Black Belt, World War II veterans played a vital role in SNCC’s ability to work and survive, and Ozell Sutton, a World War II veteran, invited SNCC to Arkansas.
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He had long been involved in civil rights struggle and never shied away from confrontation.
During the 1960 sit-in campaign in Little Rock, Sutton sat alongside students from Philander Smith College as they sought the desegregation of lunch counters.
Once, while sitting-in at Woolworth’s, a man threw ice on his back, spat on him, and poured hot coffee on his leg. After three days of similar harassment, Sutton had enough. On the fourth day of the sit-in, Sutton told the man, “If you bother me today, instead of seeing a nonviolent soldier, you’re going to have to deal with a Marine