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Not who you're looking for? Others named Benjamin Brown: American actor · United States Army Medal of Honor recipient · New Zealand children's author, poet and performer (b. 1962) · American artist (1865–1942)
Benjamin Brown (May 12, 1945 – May 12, 1967) was an African-American student at Jackson State University active in the civil rights movement, killed on campus during a standoff between law enforcement and students. Upon encountering the standoff (at the sidelines) after picking up a sandwich from a cafe to bring back to his wife, he was shot by two stray shotgun blasts from law enforcement firing into the crowd. No arrests were ever made.
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