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The hanging tree is long since gone, but the lynching of Rubin Stacy still casts a painful shadow over Fort Lauderdale. Like George Floyd, he is becoming a symbol of the racism that still permeates America more than eight decades later.
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Political activists and Democratic elected officials in South Florida are stepping up efforts to energize African American and Caribbean American voters, hoping they’re a potent and decisive force in November’s elections. A strong turnout among Black voters is crucial for Democrats. Without it, the party has little hope of winning the marquee contests — for governor and U.S. Senate — and could suffer setbacks in close contests farther down the ballot.
White vigilantes killed Rubin Stacy three days after he asked a white woman for water. Eyewitness accounts later revealed deputies organized the lynching.
A farmhand, he asked a white woman for water. She said he threatened her with a knife. Three days later, he was killed by a lynch mob. Now street signs will bear his name.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Lula Guinn’s mother has been buried twice. Once in 1964, and...