Cecil J. Williams
Cecil J. Williams (born November 26, 1937) is an acclaimed American photographer, publisher, author, inventor, and civil rights documentarian from Orangeburg, South Carolina. He is...
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George Meadows: Lynched in Jefferson County, Alabama, After a Flawed Accusation
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George Meadows, an African American man and recent arrival to the Pratt Mines area in Jefferson County, Alabama, was lynched by a mob of white...
The East St. Louis Riots (Massacre) of 1917
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One of the Bloodiest Episodes of Racial Violence in American History The East St. Louis riots, often referred to as the East St. Louis massacre,...
Lynch Mobs: Extrajudicial Violence, Racial Terror, & Mob Justice Across History
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A lynch mob refers to a group of people who take the law into their own hands to punish, often lethally, an individual accused (rightly...
Nine Black Men Lynched in One Day: The 1908 Sabine County Massacre
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On June 22, 1908, a white mob in Sabine County, Texas, carried out one of the most brutal episodes of racial violence in the state’s...
Black Man Lynched in Alabama for Failing to Call a White Man “Mr.”
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On June 21, 1940, in Luverne, Alabama, a trivial act of speech cost 26-year-old Jesse Thornton his life. Thornton, a Black resident of the small...
Cotton Mather
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Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 – February 13/15, 1728) was a prominent Puritan minister, prolific author, and one of the most influential intellectual figures in...
Onesimus
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Onesimus (late 1600s–early 1700s) was an enslaved West African man whose knowledge of variolation (an early form of inoculation against smallpox) helped save hundreds of lives...
The Tragic Case of George Stinney Jr.: A Story of Injustice in Jim Crow America
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On June 16, 1944, in Columbia, South Carolina, 14-year-old George Junius Stinney Jr. was strapped into the electric chair and executed by the state. Weighing...
The Duluth Lynching of 1920: A Tragic Chapter in Minnesota History
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On the evening of June 15, 1920, a white mob in Duluth, Minnesota, lynched three young Black men—Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson, and Isaac McGhie—all in...