| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1952/08/03 | Ruby McCollum walks through the 'colored entrance' of Dr C Leroy Adams, a prominent white physician and state senator-elect, medical office in Live Oak, Florida and shoots him four times | Live Oak, Florida |
| 1952/11/00 | Zora Hurston reports on the first Ruby McCollum murder trial for The Pittsburgh Courier | Suwannee County Courthouse, Live Oak |
| 1952/12/20 | Ruby McCollum is convicted by jury of first degree murder | Suwannee County Courthouse, Live Oak |
| 1954/07/20 | Ruby McCollum's conviction and death sentence are overturned on a technicality by the Florida Supreme Court | |
| 1956/00/00 | Ruby McCollum is declared mentally incompetent at her second trial and is committed to the Florida State Hospital for mental patients where she remained until 1974 | US Arsenal-Officers Quarters, Chattahoochee |
| Data | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance: | Law, Legal System |
| Disease: | Mental Illness |
| True Crime: | Murder |
| Legal Proceeding: | Trial |
| Area of Significance: | True Crime |
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