The Kissing Case: How Two Black Boys Were Jailed for Kissing a White Girl in 1958 - TalkAfricana

The Kissing Case: How Two Black Boys Were Jailed for Kissing a White Girl in 1958 - TalkAfricana

In 1958, the United States witnessed what is widely regarded as the most absurd “rape case” in its legal history. Known as the Kissing Case, the incident involved two African American children, nine-year-old James Hanover Thompson and seven-year-old David Simpson, who were arrested, detained, and convicted after a white girl kissed them on the cheek […] TalkAfricana

The Kissing Case: How a Child’s Game Became a Jim Crow Trial of Power

A case that once provoked international outrage that later “all but disappeared” from public view, surviving primarily in the lives of those who carried its trauma. A case that once provoked international outrage that later “all but disappeared” from public view, surviving primarily in the lives of those who carrie…