Viola Liuzzo
Viola Gregg Liuzzo was born on April 11, 1925 in the small town of California, Pennsylvania. Her father, Heber Ernest Gregg, worked in a coal...
Category : Civil Rights
White Mob Lynched Cleo Wright in Sikeston, Missouri
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In the early hours of Sunday, January 25, 1942, a black man named Cleo Wright was arrested on charges of assaulting a white woman. Wright...
Long-awaited justice in cop’s killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson, whose death helped spark Alabama civil rights marches
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(From left) Viola Jackson, mother of Jimmie Lee Jackson, his cousin Rachel Thomas and grandfather Cager Lee arrive at the hospital in Selma, Ala., in...
Senator Benjamin R.“Pitchfork Ben” Tillman Justifies Violence Against Southern Blacks
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In this March 23, 1900, speech before the U.S. Senate, Senator Benjamin R. “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman of South Carolina defended the actions of his white...
Michelle Alexander
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Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer, advocate, professor, and scholar is best known for her acclaimed work The New Jim Crow (2010). Born in...
Considering History: The Role of Women in the Lynching Epidemic
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On February 14, Senator Kamala Harris introduced legislation into the Senate that would for the first time in American history make lynching a federal crime....
The Suffragettes Were Not Allies to Black Women, They Were Racist
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This week America celebrated the 99th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s passage, which granted women the right to vote. However, like much of American history,...
James G. “Jim” Clark Jr.
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James G. “Jim” Clark Jr. (1922–2007) was the sheriff of Dallas County from 1955 to 1966. He, along with other Alabama officials, was responsible for...
Before Emmett Till, 17-year-old Jesse Washington was roasted to death by a white mob and captured on camera for postcards
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Large crowd looking at the burned body of Jesse Washington, 18-year-old African American, lynched in Waco, Texas, May 15, 1916 The murder of black boys George...
C. Delores Tucker
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C. Delores Tucker is best remembered as a civil rights trailblazer who fought for women of color and toward the end of her life against profane and misogynist lyrics in hip-hop/...