The History of Lynching and the Present of Policing
A new documentary on Michael Brown comes just in time.
Khalil Gibran Muhammad
"Between 1880 to 1940, white Christians lynched nearly five thousand black men & women in a manner with obvious echoes of the Roman crucifixion of Jesus. Yet these 'Christians' did not see the irony or contradiction in their actions.”- James H. Cone, The Cross & The Lynching Tree
A History of American Lynchings by Ruth Hopkins
Harris County, 1912: The Lynchings in My Family’s History by Karen Branan
Staggering chart from The Crisis Magazine in 1919. Thousands of lives taken through decades of white supremacist terrorism. Clint Smith
How Lynching was Used by Whites to Destroy Competition from Black Business Owners
How Northern Newspapers Covered Lynchings by Charles Seguin
Overlooked: New York Times Obituaries - Ida B. Wells