Willie McGee (died May 8, 1951) was a married African American man from Laurel, Mississippi, who was sentenced to death in 1945 for the rape of Willette Hawkins, a white housewife in town. McGee's legal case became a cause célèbre. The Civil Rights Congress handled McGee's defense and appeals; he had two new trials and stays of execution.
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8 May 1951 (aged )
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