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Eli Cooper: The Black Man Lynched for “Speaking in a Manner Offensive to White People” in 1919

In the summer of 1919, a black man named Eli Cooper was lynched in Georgia for allegedly making statements that offended the white community. His words, seen as a threat to the racial hierarchy of the time, ultimately led...
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Mitchell Daniel: The Black Man Lynched in Georgia for “Talking Too Much” About Another Lynching

On April 27, 1899, in Leesburg, Georgia, Mitchell Daniel, a Black community leader, was lynched by white neighbors in...