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Cases of Black People Found Hanged in the US South Are a Reminder of Nation's Lynching History
Nearly 60 lawmakers want federal investigators to examine recent hanging deaths of Black people and enforce the 2022 Emmett Till Antilynching Act.
- Nearly 60 members of Congress signed a letter in September urging the Justice Department to investigate hanging deaths of Black individuals and enforce the 2022 Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which criminalized lynching as a federal hate crime.
- Over the past two years, about a half-dozen Black women and men have been found hanged across the South, with police frequently ruling these deaths suicides despite limited evidence ruling out foul play.
- Relatives of Tasia Fortune, 29, and Nolan Xavier Wells, 18, have questioned official findings, seeking private autopsies after investigators said there was no indication of foul play in their deaths.
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley stated the nation cannot "stand idly by" in this "moment of anti-Blackness," while activist Brad Franklin compared current events to the racist violence of 1956 and 1966.
- Karlos Hill, professor of African and African American Studies, emphasizes these deaths convey terror evoking lynching's legacy, while experts like Sean Joe stress the need for evidence-based suicide investigations.
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Cases of Black people found hanged in the US South are a reminder of nation’s lynching history – WTOP News
The death of a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree has stirred distressing memories of the grim history of lynchings across the U.S. South. The body of Tasia Fortune, 29, was found behind an abandoned home in Jackson, the state capital, on Aug. 3. Jarques Ratliff, 51, who is also Black, pleaded not...
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Cases of Black people found hanged in the US South are a reminder of nation’s lynching history
The death of Tasia Fortune, a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree, has stirred distressing memories of the grim U.S. history of lynchings.
·Seattle, United States
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