Albert Jennings “Al” Lingo
Albert Jennings “Al” Lingo (January 22, 1910 – August 17, 1969) was an Alabama law enforcement officer, businessman, and naval veteran best known as Director...
Category : History
White People Should Stop Talking About Their Grandparents
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The myth of the “good grandfather” obscures a brutal history that demands humility, not celebration. When white Europeans, Americans, and Canadians speak of their grandparents,...
The 1934 Lynching of Claude Neal in Florida
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On the night of October 26, 1934, Claude Neal, a 23-year-old African American farmhand, was tortured and murdered by a white mob in Jackson County,...
The 1899 Lynching of Sam Hose
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On April 23, 1899, near Newnan in Coweta County, Georgia, a large white mob tortured and burned to death Sam Hose, a young African American...
Body Parts Taken as Souvenirs from Lynched Black Victims
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The practice of taking body parts as souvenirs from Black people who were lynched was a documented feature of many racial terror lynchings in the...
Virgil Blossom
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Virgil Tracy Blossom (October 31, 1906 – January 15, 1965) was an American educator and school administrator best known as superintendent of the Little Rock...
Victor Hugo Green
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After Green died in Manhattan on October 16, 1960 (at age 67; he was buried in Hackensack Cemetery, New Jersey), his wife Alma continued editing...
Walter Lee Gadsden
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Walter Lee Gadsden (born around 1947/1948 – died after 1996) was an African American man best known as the subject of one of the most...
Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox Rejects Justice Department Demand for Immediate School Integration
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On July 10, 1969, Georgia Governor Lester Maddox rejected demands from the U.S. Justice Department to integrate the state’s public schools immediately. In a televised...