" I am cut to the brains: From the Equal Justice Initiative

December 12, 2019

From the Equal Justice Initiative

Not a question of never forget. The imperative is to know and remember.


On this day in 1922, more than 1,000 white people lynched Arthur Young in Perry, Florida. No one was ever held accountable for the lynching. The mob also turned on the black community of Perry, burning several black-owned homes, a church, the Masonic hall, and a school.

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