Lynching

May 8, 2020

‘Black Male Running’⁠—The Case of Ahmaud Arbery’s ‘Lynching’ Caught on Tape

Two White men who grabbed guns and chased a Black man running in their neighborhood before killing him have been charged with murder and aggravated assault. […]
February 16, 2020

Lynching Preachers: How Black Pastors Resisted Jim Crow and White Pastors Incited Racial Violence

White preachers incited racial violence, joined the Ku Klux Klan and lynched Black people. Sometimes, the victim was a pastor. More The post Lynching Preachers: How […]
February 10, 2020

Lynching Preachers: How Black Pastors Resisted Jim Crow and White Pastors Incited Racial Violence

White preachers incited racial violence, joined the Ku Klux Klan and lynched Black people. Sometimes, the victim was a pastor. More The post Lynching Preachers: How […]
July 14, 2018

Emmett Till’s Life and Lynching Matter

The U.S. federal government is again investigating the case of Emmett Till’s murder, the Department of Justice has announced, bringing optimism that some measure of justice […]
June 22, 2018

How Do Lynching Memorials Heal African American’s Traumatic History?

Historical trauma is the cumulative phenomenon where those who never directly experienced trauma (enslavement, rape, lynchings, murder) can still exhibit signs and symptoms of the trauma. […]
April 27, 2018

Lynching Memorial in Alabama Shows Women Were Victims, Too

U.S. history books and documentaries that tell the story of lynching in the U.S. have focused on black male victims, to the exclusion of women. But […]