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In 1917, a Black woodcutter named Ell Persons was accused of murdering a white teenage girl on the outskirts of Memphis. The evidence against him was slim, but the white mob had more than one reason to abduct him from police custody and burn him alive.
In fifth grade I got my first job in the newspaper business. I was in circulation for the Memphis Press Scimitar. Yes, I was a paper boy! It remains the best job I ever had.
After the 1919 Elaine race massacre, the men on death row looked to the investigative journalist to use the power of the pen to save them
A short history of one of the worst incidents of racial violence in American history when hundreds of African-Americans were murdered and tortured by white racists and security forces after black farm workers tried to organise for better pay.