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Odell Lachney
Coverage of Odell Lachney in the Nexus archive.
- Long before the civil rights era, a WWII soldier was killed in Alexandria over a bus seat
In 1944, Army Pvt. Edward Green was shot and killed by bus driver Odell Lachney in Alexandria after sitting in the whites-only section of a bus. Lachney faced no charges, and the case, part of a broader pattern of violence against Black WWII servicemen, is now under renewed federal review.
- Long before the civil rights era, a WWII soldier was killed in a dispute over a bus seat
Private Edward Green, a Black U.S. Army soldier, was shot and killed by bus driver Odell Lachney in Alexandria, Louisiana, on March 13, 1944, after sitting in the whites-only section of a bus. No charges were filed against Lachney, and the case, along with 15 others involving Black WWII servicemen killed in the South, has recently been reviewed by the federal Civil Rights Cold Case Records Review Board.