Hosted by Historic New England
Wednesday, April 27, 5:30 p.m. ET
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Beginning in the late nineteenth century, white supremacists used lynching to terrorize and oppress African Americans. Despite anti-lynching activists’ best efforts, this lethal form of policing Black people continued through the mid-twentieth century, culminating in the 1955 lynching of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till. Dr. Brenna Greer traces how and why lynching became a tool of white supremacy after the end of slavery and how this development shaped life on both sides of the color line.
Sadly, it did not stop with Emmett Tilley but is continueing on today; unexplained jailhouse “suicides” etc.
Would like to attend this. I am an Atlantic Box member. This is my volunteer night at our library. I am on a fixed income and retired. I noticed a promo code SUBMIT. Please use my Gmail as trying to switch emails over.
Cynthia, this is not an ABB event. It’s hosted by Historic New England; you can contact them.