SOCIAL ACTIVIST

George Stinney

1929 - 1944

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George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was an African American boy who was wrongfully executed at the age of 14 after being convicted, during an unfair trial, for the murders of two white girls – 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker (December 9, 1932 - March 22, 1944), and 8-year-old Mary Emma Thames (March 14, 1936 - March 22, 1944), – in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death on a single day in April 1944 and then executed by electric chair on June 16, 1944. A re-examination of Stinney's case began in 2004, and several individuals and the Northeastern University School of Law sought a judicial review. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Stinney is the 148th most popular social activist (down from 130th in 2019), the 1,572nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,190th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Social Activist.

George Stinney was the youngest person to be executed in the United States in the 20th century. He was 14 years old when he was convicted of the murder of two young girls, Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8. He was executed by electrocution in 1944.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, George Stinney ranks 148 out of 840. Before him are Marianne Bachmeier, Ishikawa Goemon, Alfred Naujocks, Abbé Pierre, Cesar Chavez, and Sergey Nechayev. After him are Vlado Chernozemski, Yiannis Ritsos, Beppe Grillo, Ilya Ulyanov, Bertha Pappenheim, and Frances Willard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, George Stinney ranks 92. Before him are Yozo Aoki, Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Francis Gary Powers, Osamu Yamaji, Ralf Dahrendorf, and Claes Oldenburg. After him are Len Deighton, John Polanyi, Gordon Moore, Sam Nujoma, Alasdair MacIntyre, and Georgios Roubanis. Among people deceased in 1944, George Stinney ranks 68. Before him are Mildred Harris, Hans-Valentin Hube, Kasturba Gandhi, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Vera Menchik, and Walter Nowotny. After him are Thomas Curtis, Friedrich Dollmann, Otto von Below, E. M. Antoniadi, Emilio De Bono, and Artur Phleps.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Stinney ranks 1,572 out of 20,380. Before him are Edmund Kemper (1948), Mitt Romney (1947), Don Shirley (1927), Daniel Dennett (1942), Raymond Leo Burke (1948), and Alan Ladd (1913). After him are Roger Zelazny (1937), Mark Ruffalo (1967), Cordell Hull (1871), Jack Black (1969), Walter Hunt (1796), and Cyrus Vance (1917).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, George Stinney ranks 22. Before him are Betty Ford (1918), Catharine MacKinnon (1946), William Luther Pierce (1933), Susan B. Anthony (1820), Bugsy Siegel (1906), and Cesar Chavez (1927). After him are Frances Willard (1839), David Lane (1938), Frederick Douglass (1818), Billy Milligan (1955), Sojourner Truth (1797), and Fred Phelps (1929).

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