In 1958, a landmark civil rights case involving nine-year-old James Hanover Thompson and seven-year-old David “Fuzzy” Ezzelle Simpson sparked international outrage. The two boys from Monroe, North Carolina were accused of rape after being kissed on the cheek by a white girl in an innocent schoolyard game.
The girl told her parents about the game, and Thompson and Simpson were hunted down with shotguns and incarcerated. They were charged with molestation and sentenced to 10 years in reform school. Within six days of their arrest, the boys were beaten six times.
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