lynchings in america
-
White Man Gets 10 Years in Prison for Attempting to Hire the KKK to Lynch His Black Neighbor
It’s no secret that hate crimes are on the rise since our alleged president was sworn into office. They show up in news reports on a near daily basis. In this latest example, a man in Greenwood, South Carolina, will go down in infamy as one of the worst neighbors ever after attempting to hire…
-
#SayHerName: 100 Years Ago, Mary Turner Was Lynched
Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of a lynching, which some may find triggering. Mary Turner was eight months pregnant when she was lynched on May 19, 1918. It all began, as do many things in America, with a mediocre white man. What happened 100 years ago today has been forgotten by America. Like…