Richard Wilkerson: The Black Man Lynched for Defending a Black Woman in Tennessee in 1934
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In 1934, in the Jim Crow South, a Black man could lose his life for almost anything. Looking a white person in the eye, refusing to step off a sidewalk, or arguing with a white man could be enough to provoke a lynch mob. For Richard Wilkerson, the alleged offense was even more shocking. His […] TalkAfricana
