Isaiah Nixon (died September 8, 1948) was an African American soldier who was shot and killed in retaliation for voting in the 1948 Georgia Democratic primary.
The Ku Klux Klan, led by Samuel Green, had endorsed Thompson's opponent in the election and advocated for violence against potential African-American voters.
The prosecution was assisted by a lawyer from the NAACP and claimed that the brothers had visited Nixon with the intent to kill him for voting in the election.
"[6] Benjamin Mays, a prominent Baptist minister and president of Morehouse College, claimed that Nixon "never had a chance" and that his killers would not face justice.
[7] A group of Pittsburgh businessmen started a fund for Nixon's family which raised several thousand dollars and was promoted by opera singer Carol Brice.
[10] Nixon's death was the subject of the podcast Buried Truths first season, which won a Peabody Award for "forcing listeners to confront what previous generations had sought to repress.