Marker honoring lynching victims to be placed in Sarasota
There were at least six documented cases of lynching that occurred in the Sarasota and Manatee areas during the 1900s.
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There were at least six documented cases of lynching that occurred in the Sarasota and Manatee areas during the 1900s.
Sheffield, a retired professor, also shares the story of her paternal grandfather, Caesar Sheffield, who was lynched in the early 1900s, and how his death resonated in her family.
MONTGOMERY — It's no secret the South accounted for the majority of the 6,500 Black people killed from lynchings between 1865 to 1950 following the abolition of slavery, but lynchings
MONTGOMERY — It's no secret the South accounted for the majority of the 6,500 Black people killed from lynchings between 1865 to 1950 following the abolition of slavery but lynchings