Lynching

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Bill Cosby
May 2, 2018
Words have meaning, and we are walking a dangerous slope of the normalization of lynching, using this false comparison with the…
Lynching Memorial thegrio.com
May 2, 2018
It's urgent that we (especially folks like Kanye) look back and educate ourselves on what tactics were used to rob…
Ramon Smith and Jarron Moreland thegrio.com
May 2, 2018
Two black men who went missing in April outside Oklahoma City were found dead and three white men are charged
Lynching Memorial thegrio.com
April 23, 2018
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice site includes a memorial to the victims of 4,400 "terror lynchings" of black…
February 20, 2018
Tangipahoa Parish School Board member Mike Whitlow posted the image of a noose and the image had the caption, “If…
September 1, 2017
A Missouri state representative is in hot water after saying that he hoped whoever was responsible for vandalizing a Confederate…
May 31, 2017
An incident at a North Carolina high school is under investigation after someone hung a black teddy bear by a
May 30, 2017
Police in Washington, D.C. have found a noose hanging from a tree outside an art museum on the National Mall.
May 23, 2017
Mississippi State Rep. Karl Oliver apologized on Monday after he posted on Facebook that those calling for the removal of Confederate
May 22, 2017
Representative Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump on Wednesday, and since that
May 14, 2017
On Friday, a video of a black woman being lynched by a white man in a tee shirt bearing the
March 30, 2017
A white man was indicted after threatening to have two black people killed by the Mafia.
March 24, 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — An abstract painting of lynching victim Emmett Till on display at the Whitney Museum of American…
March 2, 2017
The Washington Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Wednesday asked the FBI to step into the investigation into
November 23, 2016
County Judge James Oakley is under fire for calling for a lynching after seeing the mugshot of a black suspect…
September 26, 2016
A United Nations group criticized the U.S. concerning the police killings of black people, stating that the recent killings were…
September 18, 2016
“If you don’t love our country, get the f—k out of it,” a man in an Instagram video says as…
March 12, 2016
A Joe's Crab Shack in Minnesota is under fire after it used a photo of a lynching as table decor.
March 3, 2016
Stephen A. Smith wanted young black students and attendees in the crowd to know that "racism" is not an excuse…
September 12, 2015
A black farmer and his Native American wife have been the target of racist threats after they were accused of…