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Lena Baker
Lena Baker (June 8, 1900 – March 5, 1945) was an African American maid in Cuthbert, Georgia who was convicted of capital murder of her white employer, Ernest Knight. She was executed by the state of Georgia in 1945. Baker was the only woman in Georgia to be executed by electrocution. 
The slaying and execution came during a decades-long period of state suppression of civil rights of black citizens in Georgia by the white-dominated society. It had disenfranchised blacks since the turn
feature film, "The Lena Baker Story", released in 2008. Tichina Arnold played the role of Lena Baker.
See also.
- List of wrongful convictions in the United States
Further reading.
- Phillips, Lela Bond. "The Lena Baker Story". Atlanta: Wings Publishers, 2001.