This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lIB.2ACE/667 Message Board Post: On August 20, just a few days before Till was fished out of the Tallahatchie River, Lamar Smith, 63, a black activist who attempted to get blacks to vote, was found shot to death in the town square of Brookhaven, Mississippi. In his hand was a quantity of election leaflets. His killer was never found. (more on website) I am not related to this family, I'm just passing on this information that I found while doing research on Lynchings. The link for the site is listed below. Joyce http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/emmett_till/8.html