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I think their methodology didn't count the infamous Emmett Till lynching, which was two white men acting alone (but sanctioned by 12 white jurors refusing to co
by eastbayjake 12y ago
I think their methodology didn't count the infamous Emmett Till lynching, which was two white men acting alone (but sanctioned by 12 white jurors refusing to convict them): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till
- maxerickson 12y agoPage 87 of this dissertation indicates that they did classify Emmett Till's murder as a lynching: http://www.africanafrican.com/folder12/african%20african%20american3/Atlantic%20slave%20trade/Flournoy_dis.pdf http://www.africanafrican.com/folder12/african%20african%20a... The text supported by citation 22. (I've been poking around for a copy of the Tuskegee Institute 1959 report and had seen that before I read your comment, I'm not angrily trying to refute you or anything like that. Finding a copy of 100 Years of Lynching looks like the easiest way to see the report.)
- eastbayjake 12y agoI know the Tuskegee Institute (as well as the NAACP) classified Till's murder as a lynching, but the Equal Justice Initiative's methodology required that three or more people participate in the lynching, which would disqualify Till from being counted in their report.
- maxerickson 12y agoThe slate articles says: In 1959, Tuskegee defined its parameters for pronouncing a murder a “lynching”: “There must be legal evidence that a person was killed. That person must have met death illegally. A group of three or more persons must have participated in the killing. The group must have acted under the pretext of service to justice, race or tradition.” So I was thinking from there.