Gun Shots Damage a Home

Harry M. Braxton, his wife, Mary, their children, and his mother, Emma Harrison, shared a home in the Lakeland community. Harry Braxton was head of the local Human Relations Council, a racially integrated social change organization. He was also director of public relations for the Prince George’s County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Family members were deeply involved in the Civil Rights Movement and all aspects of community life. One Sunday morning when Braxton’s wife and mother were alone at home while Braxton attended church services, two youths from a nearby white community fired forty-four bullets into the family’s home. (Photograph (c) 2008 Joanne M. Braxton)