Lynching
- Episode aired Jun 12, 2020
Lynching was an action used to terrorize the black community for generations, with the first known public display of this injustice taking place in Madison, Mississippi in 1835. Investigativ... Read allLynching was an action used to terrorize the black community for generations, with the first known public display of this injustice taking place in Madison, Mississippi in 1835. Investigative journalist like Ida B. Wells stood on the front lines, documenting and reporting the con... Read allLynching was an action used to terrorize the black community for generations, with the first known public display of this injustice taking place in Madison, Mississippi in 1835. Investigative journalist like Ida B. Wells stood on the front lines, documenting and reporting the continued use of lynchings in society. Wells' objective was to counter the belief that lynchi... Read all