Lynchings

Moore's Ford Lynching

During the late afternoon of the 25th of July 1946 four African-Americans were shot dead by a lynch mob at Moores Ford, Walton county, Georgia, about eight miles from the town of Monroe. The grotesquely sprawled bodies of the victims--the Coroner said at least sixty bullets were pumped into

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Jul

25

1946

Video Shows NYPD Cop Choking Black Man Weeks After Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act Is Passed

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NBA’s Russell Westbrook Named Executive Producer of Upcoming Docuseries About Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 – Your Black World

The Westbrook-Blackfin alliance will produce a historically-relevant docuseries titled Terror in Tulsa: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall

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Source: Your Black World

James Cameron, Founder Black Holocaust Musem born

James Cameron

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Aug

7

1930

Democrats mocked for wearing kente cloth at police reform press conference

(Credit: screenshot) While announcing a new plan for addressing police brutality, Democrats held a moment of silence for George Floyd but drew mockery on social media by wearing kente cloths for the occasion. READ MORE: Philadelphia bride and groom join in George Floyd protest Speak

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(1946) W.E. B. DuBois, “Behold the Land”

On October 20, 1946, seventy-eight year old W.E.B DuBois delivered the address at the closing session of the Southern Youth Legislature in Columbia South Carolina. Although this was one of his last major orations, he used the occasion to inspire his audience to continue the struggle for racial

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Source: Black Past

Oct

20

1946

Death of Ida B.Wells-Barnett - Death

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett

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Source: Blackfacts.com

Mar

25

1931

Bishop Alexander Walters: Religious Leader and Civil Rights Activist

Noted religious leader and civil rights activist Bishop Alexander Walters was instrumental in establishing the National Afro-American League and later, the Afro-American Council. Both organizations, despite being short-lived, served as predecessors to the National Association for the Advancement of

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Source: ThoughtCo

New York Draft Riots

On the Monday morning of July 13, 1863, the Enrollment

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Jul

13

1863

The Dutch Finally Cancels ‘Black Pete’ – Your Black World

Mark Rutte, the Dutch Prime Minister, said his view towards “Black Pete” has

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Source: Your Black World

The Original Karens: From Emmett Till’s Accuser To The White Woman Who Sparked The Tulsa Massacre

Over the weekend, #KarensGoneWild trended on social media with jaw-dropping videos of frantic white women attacking Black women, toddlers, teenagers and grown Black

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Ten Takeaways from the Anti-Police Brutality Protests.

About the Obama Department of Justice, in 2014, the left-of-center Politico wrote a piece called “A Lame Civil Rights Record”: “Indeed, a comprehensive review of all available records shows that the nature of the cases brought by the (civil rights) division has not differed much from the Bush

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Source: ThyBlackMan

Oklahoma cop faces backlash but won't apologize after saying African Americans 'probably ought to be' shot more by police

"Chief Wendell Franklin and the Tulsa Police Department want to make it very clear we do not endorse, condone or support Yates’ comments made on the show," the department said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, adding "This matter has been referred to our Internal Affairs

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Brother Malcolm’s Message to “Sincere Whites”

Many people, Black and White, are slapping high fives and shouting Hallelujah over the sizeable number of Whites marching to protest the brutal lynching of George Floyd by a White police

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Police across US Speak Out against Minneapolis Custody Death | Afro

Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed Black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him to the pavement for at least eight

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

What Happened To Elijah Weatherspoon? ‘Conflicting Stories’ Of Black Boater’s Death Prompt Questions

In fact, Weatherspoon’s death comes at a time when there have multiple suspected lynchings of Black and brown people nationwide amid protests against racism as well as police

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Source: NewsOne

Mayor Eric Garcetti Looks to Find 250-Million Dollars of Cuts in the City Budget, for Police Reform and New Opportunities in Underserved Communities.

Mayor Eric Garcetti Looks to Find 250-Million Dollars of Cuts in the City Budget, for Police Reform and New Opportunities in Underserved

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House passes George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

Bill creates grants to fund community-based strategies proven to be successful at improving public safety, reducing violence

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(1948) Harry S. Truman, “Special Message to the Congress on Civil Rights”

By 1947 the question of black civil rights in the South had become a national issue when a committee President Harry S. Truman appointed to study the issue called for legislation which among other things would to protect voting rights for Southern blacks and provide federal protection against

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Source: Black Past

5 Years After Charleston Church Shooting, South Carolina Protects Racist Monuments

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Five years ago, after eight Black church members and their pastor were shot and killed in a racist attack, South Carolina came together and took down the Confederate flag from the Capitol

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(1900) Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law in America”

Beginning in 1892 with the destruction of her newspaper, the Memphis Free Speech, Ida B. Wells for the next forty years was the most prominent opponent of lynching in the United States. What follows is a speech she made to a Chicago audience on the subject in January

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Source: Black Past

Lynchings in 1905

Fifty-seven Blacks reported lynched in 1905.

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Nov

23

1905

Afro-American Council (1898-1907)

The Afro-American Council (AAC) was established in Rochester, New York, in September 1898 by newspaper editor T. Thomas Fortune and Bishop Alexander Walters of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. They envisioned the organization as a revival of the earlier National Afro-American League

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Source: Black Past

Youth scream out, ‘We are not our ancestors!’

Did the little sister just accuse the ancestors of being cowards and wimps, fading and withering before

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Police reform was never going to be easy — but now is the time

Fundamental reforms would begin with ending the “qualified immunity” of police, curbing the militarization of police forces, transferring funds and functions to social agencies, imposing residency requirements and finally making lynching a hate

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Source: Atlanta Tribune

The reality and pitfalls of being Black in America –

My family and friends, we experience racial discrimination every day in all aspects of life, including education, employment, affordable housing, the criminal justice system, the banking system when it comes to getting grants and loans and affordable medical

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Source: Daytona Times

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Pays Homage To Breonna Taylor On Her Birthday – Your Black World

On Friday, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon reunited to honor Breonna Taylor, one of the many blacks killed by police

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Source: Your Black World

‘More police officers are shot and killed by blacks than police officers kill African-Americans,’ claims former New York Mayor Giuliani

That’s former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani offering his perspective to Fox News on rising concerns that police disproportionately kill black

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Lesotho: Lerotholi Student Raped, Murdered

While we condemn such barbaric deeds of rape and murder, we are also against mob justice and appeal to communities to report to the police instead of taking the law into their own

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Source: allAfrica.com

2020 Pulitzer Prize winners include many writers of color

There were a couple of firsts in this year’s announcement of the winners of the Pulitzer

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Source: Milwaukee Times Weekly Newspaper – Journalistic Excellence, Service, Integrity and Objectivity Always

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