Colonel Lemuel Penn, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve, was murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan nine days after passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (Courtesy photo)
Members of the Georgia Court of Appeals are preparing to reexamine the murder of a Black United States Army Reserve lieutenant colonel killed in Madison County by members of the Ku Klux Klan nine days after the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
At 10 a.m. Sept. 16, the intermediate appellate court will livestream a panel discussion, “The Murder of Colonel Lemuel Penn.” The four-hour event is worth continuing legal education credit, but organizers said the value of the discussion is far greater.
