Texas Black man exonerated nearly 70 years after execution in case marked by racial bias
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In this photo provided by the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library, Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man from Texas, is fingerprinted after his arrest in January 1954, for the rape and murder of Venice Parker, a white woman. (Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library via AP)This photo provided by the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library shows Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man from Texas, who was executed by electric chair in May 1956 for the rape and murder of 31-year-old Venice Parker, a white woman. (Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library via AP)In this photo provided by the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library, Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man from Texas, attends his March 1954 trial in Dallas for the rape and murder of Venice Parker, a white woman. (Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library via AP)In this photo provided by the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library, Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man from Texas, attends his March 1954 trial in Dallas for the rape and murder of Venice Parker, a white woman. (Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library via AP)In this photo provided by the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library, Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man from Texas, attends his March 1954 trial in Dallas for the rape and murder of Venice Parker, a white woman. (Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library via AP)
In this photo provided by the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library, Tommy Lee Walker, a Black man from Texas, is fingerprinted after his arrest in January 1954, for the rape and murder of Venice Parker, a white woman. (Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public Library via AP)
