Anti-Lynching
By
John C Abercrombie
Lynching is the killing of a person by a group. These are generally public executions intended to intimidate a group of people. In America, people are tortured in front of large groups, often festive with entire families, including children in attendance. The person is denied trial. There is nothing but the accusation, no facts, no witnesses.
These horrendous acts were public spectacles committed with the intent to obtain maximum intimidation of a group of people.
People then desecrate the bodies, taking souvenirs, such as bits of clothes or body parts. There were even industries that flourished by selling memorabilia and items such as post cards.
The list of crimes included incidents such as not stepping off of the sidewalk and into the gutter when a White person passed. Failure to tip your hat to a White person. There were other more serious charges such as assault, insolence, rape or murder, but they all shared one important fact. There was no trial, no evidence or witnesses.
These events were no secret! Sometimes they were advertised in newspapers and drew crowds of 100’s, even 1,000’s. Crowds that came in a festive mood. Crowds that included women and children. Crowds that treasured body parts of the person denied a trial and in stead tortured and desecrated.
Even jail was no sanctuary for those accused. People were taken from jails and these public Lynchings shared one thing in common. No White person was ever charged with these acts. In fact, despite attempts to get a law to protect people from Lynchings, it took over 100 years to get such a law passed in the United States of America!
The incidence of Lynchings increased after the Reconstruction period. A period when freed Blacks gained the opportunity to vote. Whites regained power and passed constitutions and other legislation which disenfranchised Blacks. These laws established segregation in Public facilities and when Blacks gained employment or other advances, the incidence of Lynchings increased.
Despite the fact that 4,000 Blacks were executed in these known Lynchings, there was no law passed to make it illegal. This brings into view the 3rd stanza of the Star Spangled Banner …
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Imagine a country that prides itself on equal justice for all, allowing these horrendous acts to knowingly take place and failing to pass a law making it a federal crime for over 100 years? This is the type of society that Blacks have been subjected to for centuries in this country.
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