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The lynching of Leander Shaw occurred near midnight on July 29, 1908, in Pensacola, Florida.Shaw was accused of the attempted murder and rape of 21-year-old Lillie Davis. Shaw, being positively identified by Davis, was arrested and taken to jai
Attempted murder and rape of 21-year-old Lillie Davis: After Shaw was identified by Davis, he was arrested and taken to the county jail. An angry white mob broke into the jail and took Shaw, lynching him in Plaza Ferdinand VII. [286] Riley, Joseph: African American: Russellville: Logan: Kentucky: July 31, 1908
External videos Interview with Juan Williams on Eyes on the Prize , February 3, 1987 , C-SPAN The book Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965 was created as a companion volume to the series during post-production by the producers and publishing staff at Blackside, Inc.
A newspaper photo of the courtroom during the 1931 murder trial of Herbert Johnson. Seated, from left, are Deputy Sheriff Jesse Millspaw, defendant Herbert Johnson and Johnson's lawyer, Francis L ...
Aldean's video, which was released last Friday, has received fervent criticism online, with some claiming the visual is a “dog whistle” and others labeling it “pro-lynching.”
The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday making lynching a federal crime — paving the way for it to head to the president’s desk after more than 100 years of hundreds of failed ...
The anti-lynching law was repealed in Minnesota in 1984. [8] However, the 1968 Civil Rights Act ensured that hate crimes based on race could be prosecuted at the federal level. [ 9 ] Minnesota also has a hate crime law which ensures cooperation with the federal government to prosecute those who committed hate crimes defined in the 1968 Civil ...
via TwitterA couple of student-athletes at the University of Houston are in hot water for mocking a notorious lynching site in a video that subsequently circulated widely on social media ...