Johnnie Mae Chappell honored 61 years after her murder

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Johnnie Mae Chappell honored 61 years after her murder

A memorial marker now stands outside the Lincoln Villa Community Center on Flicker Avenue, near where Johnnie Mae Chappell was gunned down in a racially motivated shooting on March 23, 1964. The Black mother and midwife was only 35 years old when she died, shot by one of four men in a passing car as she searched for her lost wallet. Until now, the only memory of her were 20-year-old signs on New Kings Road, naming it “Johnnie Mae Chappell Parkwa…