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I 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
by eastbayjake 12y ago
I 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.