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Hunting for Answers is a production of the Black Effect podcast network and iHeartradio. Welcome to Hunting for Answers, a true crime podcast. I'm your Host Hunter and today's case takes us way back to September 10, 1971 and centers around a 22 year old civil rights activist and trailblazer. According to some accounts, she accepted a ride from a stranger, while other sources suggest she was abducted while waiting for a bus on her way to work. She also happened to be the first black homecoming queen at a predominantly white university in the south, and her death remains unsolved after more than 50 years. This is the story of Lynn Usanne Lynn Cecilia Yuzan was born on October 11, 1948 in Galveston County, Texas, to Ida Mae Boudreau Yuzanne in Wilbur. 13 By 1968, Lynn had become one of the first black students admitted into the University of Houston, or uh. With a bright smile and fierce determination, Lynn wasn't just another student. She was a revolutionary. While studying journalism, she co founded the African American studies program at U WH and helped establish the Shape Community center in 1969. She was also a charter member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and even played in the university's marching band. But Lynn's activism went well beyond campus activities. She had even been arrested a few times for demonstrating all of this during the civil rights era. November 1968. The University of Houston Astrodome. In a moment that shocked the nation, Lynn Yuzan was crowned the first African American homecoming queen at a predominantly white university in the South. She beat five white candidates in a victory that sent shockwaves through the segregated South. The shock that she was actually named, it was fantastic, recalled her friend Jean Locke, who was there that night. The Daily Cougar newspaper called her election a symbol representing UH's defiance of the Wall of Prejudice. But not everyone was celebrating. Lynn's crown wasn't just a tiara. It was a statement, a declaration that change was coming to the American South. She used her platform to fight for social justice, leading rap sessions and presenting demands to the university president that included things like an African American studies program, more black administrators and instructors, increased financial aid and better wages for maintenance workers. There were other blacks who felt as I did and who were facing the same problems I was. By organizing into a group, we were able to make our problems known, Lynn once told the Houston Chronicle. Her activism made her beloved by some and despised by others. September 10, 1971. Houston, Texas. It was a rainy day, and Lynn, now 22 years old and a recent graduate of UH, was walking to her job when the rain started. According to some accounts, a stranger offered her a ride. In that split second decision to get out of the rain, Lynn's fate was sealed. However, other reports say she was abducted nonetheless. Whatever happened would leave a Family devastated, a community outraged, and questions that remain unanswered till this day. On that morning, a Houston police car was struck by a 1971 Chevrolet sedan driven by a 26 year old black man named Leo Jackson Jr. When officers approached the vehicle, they found Lynn Yuzan in the backseat, stabbed six times and fighting for her life. She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Jackson claimed that a hysterical Lynn had attacked him and stabbed herself and that he was rushing her to the hospital when he crashed into the police car.