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

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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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Edmund Ruffin: The Confederate Who Chose Suicide Rather Than Live in a United States Where Black People Were Free

Edmund Ruffin was a Virginia planter, politician, and fierce pro-slavery advocate, who spent his life defending the Confederacy and...