Senate panel approves airline security fee hike - Worldnews.com
22 May 2012, 2:56 pm
At the time, African Americans suffered a high rate of lynchings in the South; this coincided with their disfranchisement in the South from 1890–1910, which persisted until after passage of federal civil rights legislation of the 1960s.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 21st May 1947 - Modern Ghana
21 May 2012, 7:19 am
They were brought to trail on 12th May 1947 but despite the signed confessions all were found not guilty by the all male all white jury, sparking outrage and changes in US federal (national) laws and policies addressing lynchings. Whilst Willie Earle's ...

A Different Priestly Scandal – the falsely accused… - patheos.com
14 May 2012, 4:24 pm
Nor has the press that stirred up the atmosphere of high-tech lynchings revisited his case (and hundreds if not thousands of others) to clear them of this horrible wrong. Very few raw accusations that have emerged since the priestly abuse crisis erupted ...

Obama gets couple off the political sidelines - Seattle Times
13 May 2012, 9:55 pm
In the coal-mining town of Price, Utah, a teacher showed students photographs of lynchings of blacks that had happened in the town. That class was the beginning of his appreciation of the importance of politics. Cynthia grew up in Spokane ...

Book Review | Home: Survivor’s guilt, racism ripple through story - Columbus Dispatch
13 May 2012, 6:10 am
More blatant racism is part of the novel as well, in the form of offstage lynchings and the treatment that Cee receives from a white doctor. Frank must also face his own guilt and responsibilities. Much of the novel’s action happens between ...

Guest column: Someday we'll all walk hand-in-hand - Evansville Courier-Press
11 May 2012, 10:40 pm
With a clear conscience, white church deacons and Sunday school teachers witnessed (and some participated in) lynchings, cross burnings, bombings and mob violence against marchers and sit-in participants. Stories abound in Mississippi of deacons ...

Ivory Coast militia leader is willing to face trial, says lawyer - The Guardian
9 May 2012, 6:53 pm
But fiery speeches also targeted northern Ivorians who shared the ethnicity of the poll victor, Alassane Ouattara, and mobs of Young Patriots carried out lynchings known as "Article 125" – named after the cost of a litre of fuel and matches ...

George Lindsey added a new nickname to the vernacular: Goober - Los Angeles Times
7 May 2012, 3:57 pm
"Think about what was really taking place in the South at that time -- segregation, lynchings -- and there was none of that on the show," said Thompson, founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.

RACE HATRED RUNS RAMPANT IN POLITICS THESE DAYS - American Reporter
6 May 2012, 8:37 pm
Mr. Carter grew up in rural Georgia, a place that then had more lynchings than any other state but Mississippi. In his first campaign for governor in 1966, he lost to Lester Maddox, a man famous for using an ax handle to bar black customers from eating at ...

'Booker's Place' documentary moves from Tribeca to limited release - NorthJersey.com
27 April 2012, 1:00 am
In that 1966 film, he interviewed residents of Greenwood, a town notorious for its many lynchings. One of those interviewed was Wright. Dressed in a waiter's white jacket and black bow tie, Wright jovially recited a steakhouse menu that the restaurant's ...