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sammy younge , jr.

samuel `` sammy '' leamon younge , jr. -lrb- november 17 , 1944 -- january 3 , 1966 -rrb- was a civil rights , and voting rights activist who was murdered for trying to desegregate a `` whites only '' restroom .
younge was an enlisted service member in the united states navy , where he served for two years before being medically discharged .
younge was an active member of the student nonviolent coordinating committee -lrb- sncc -rrb- , and a leader of the tuskegee institute advancement league .
younge was the first african american university student to be murdered in the united states due to his actions in support of the civil rights movement .
three days after his death , the sncc became the first civil rights organization in the united states to oppose the vietnam war , partly on the grounds that like younge , innocent civilians should not face deadly violence .
