Graphic images: Remembering Georgia’s last open mass lynching case
There are many counties and towns in Georgia that bear the name of former slave masters and hold horrific secrets. One such town is Monroe,
There are many counties and towns in Georgia that bear the name of former slave masters and hold horrific secrets. One such town is Monroe,
The legacy of Blacks being lynched is perhaps one of the greatest acts of state-sponsored terrorism in the Deep South. According to the New York
A Black mother in Waco, Texas is outraged after her daughter came home from a school trip with rope burns around her neck. Sandy Rougley
Former Georgia state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, 70, has been a stalwart warrior on the battlefield for civil rights since the early 1960s. He was a
There are many counties and towns in Georgia that bear the name of former slave masters and hold horrific secrets of lynching. One such town
A Black man in a small Georgia town was found hanging from a tree. According to reports by WXIA, Roosevelt Champion III, 43, was discovered
Although racial lynching is often viewed as a thing of the past, there have been several cases where Blacks have been lynched in modern times. Here are five horrific modern-day lynchings of Black people by the hands of racists.
A Black man was found lynched in Mississippi. On March 19, Otis Byrd, 54, was found hanging from a tree in Port Gibson, Mississippi. His body
A tragedy has occurred which has escaped the attention of the mainstream media and public as a whole. Lennon Lacy, 17, was found hanging from
The death of Texas father Alfred Wright last Thanksgiving has escaped the notice of many despite the once extensive news coverage. Wright’s mysterious death was
The Alfred Wright murder investigation took a dramatic turn this past week. The Sabine County District Attorney has turned the case over to the Texas Attorney General’s
Alfred and Lauren Wright: Lynched for being with a white woman? There was a time when black men were lynched that parts of their
The obvious lynching of Alfred Wright, 28, and subsequent cover-up by the local authorities are evidence that Black History Month is necessary as we continue
Strange Fruit, a song performed most famously by Billie Holiday, became the national anthem for African Americans after it was recorded in 1939. This song