Adams, a white doctor, in live oak, florida, in 1952. The couple reared four children together: Her trial became a national spectacle, with layers of.
Leroy adams in a forced relationship. Information on the ruby mccollum story, including current news. On the quiet sunday morning of august 3, 1952, ruby mccollum, the richest black woman in the town of live oak, florida, put two of her children in the backseat of her blue.
Daughter of william jackson & gertrude kinsler. In 1952, ruby shot and killed dr clifford leroy adams. Sam jr, katy, sonja, loretta. They had a daughter together, loretta whose picture i remember seeing in jet magazine.
Ruby was a prosperous black woman accused of murdering dr. As it turned out, ruby and the doctor had been carrying on an illicit sexual affair for years. In 1974, attorney frank cannon, who was her primary. On the quiet sunday morning of august 3, 1952, ruby mccollum, the richest black woman in the town of live oak, florida, put two of her children in the backseat of her blue.
Around 1931, she met and married sam mccollum, and the couple moved to live oak to make a start selling numbers, or βbolitaβ as the gaming was called. Adams with loretta, their daughter.