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The Black Axe is an international confraternity. It formed from the Neo Black Movement of Africa (NBM) established at the University of Benin in Nigeria as part of the Pan African movement in 1977. The BBC has called the Black Axe a "mafia-style gang" with activities ranging from cybercrime, election fraud, human trafficking, illegal drug ...
The lynching of the Walker family took place near Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, on October 3, 1908, at the hands of about fifty masked Night Riders. [1] David Walker was a landowner, with a 21.5-acre (8.7 ha) farm. The entire family of seven African Americans including parents, infant in arms, and four children were killed, with the event ...
Ronda Morrison, an 18-year-old white girl, was shot to death at a dry-cleaners in 1986. Walter McMillian, a black man, was arrested and immediately sent to Alabama's death row, where he was held for two years without having even been charged. McMillian was eventually charged in 1988 despite six witnesses placing him at a fish fry during the murder.
4 killed and 5 arrested: 7. ... Black Axe: No 1998 Westside Middle School shooting: March 24: 1998: Jonesboro, AR ... Paducah, Kentucky, Kentucky
Following a series of police raids by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) in 2020, a handful of Black Axe members were arrested, paving the way for the exposure of a far wider network.
The lynching of the Frenches of Warsaw took place in Warsaw, Gallatin County, Kentucky on May 3, 1876, between 1 am and 2 am on a Wednesday morning. Benjamin and Mollie French, African Americans, were lynched by a white mob for the murder of another African American, which was unusual for this period. [ 1] Lake Jones was an elderly black man ...
Cornbread Mafia. The " Cornbread mafia " was the name for a group of Kentucky men who created the largest domestic marijuana production operation in United States history. [1] It was based in Marion, Nelson and Washington counties in central Kentucky. The term "Cornbread Mafia" was first used in public by federal prosecutors in a June 1989 ...
The black men opened fire on the whites. The white men fled, firing off only a few wild shots in their escape from the scene. [4] The gunfire brought most of the people of the village to the jail. [2] After the white County Sheriff and his deputies promised to protect Thompson if the mob returned, the group of black people dispersed. [1] [4]