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Irving Murray

Released
Gender:Male
Race:Black
Era:1930s
State:District of Columbia
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Biography

Irving Murray was one of a group of Black youths indicted for the first-degree murder of Park Policeman Milo Kennedy at Logan Circle, Washington, D.C. in August 1932 — a case, tied to the Bonus March terror, in which the ILD argued the young men had acted in self-defense against a policeman attacking them for refusing to be jim-crowed. Three were convicted and faced death.

Case

Charges: Indicted for the murder of a park policeman at Logan Circle, Washington, D.C.
Arrested: Aug 7, 1932
Sentence: Held facing the death penalty.
Convicted: Indicted / convicted of first-degree murder, 1932