The 1966 Dayton, Ohio Uprising began on September 1, 1966, after the murder of African American Lester Mitchell by an unknown white assailant. Mitchell was sweeping the sidewalk in front of his bar at 3:00 a.m. when, according to witnesses, a red car pulled up to Mitchell, and a white man shot Mitchell in the face with a shotgun. Witness accounts vary regarding whether it was a single white man or a group. According to one witness, Tommy Campbell, all he saw was “the red (of the car), and the barrel of the gun… All I could tell was they were white men.”  Mitchell was taken to the hospital, later dying from his wounds Continue reading Revisit: THE DAYTON OHIO UPRISING