Six documented lynchings were carried out on a bridge in Shubuta, Mississippi. Four in 1918 and two in 1942. Known as the Hanging Bridge, it still stands as a haunting reminder of racial terror The complete show notes for this episode, along w

Episode 8 Elmore Bolling Lowndes County Alabama

Jan 14th, 2019 18m 10s

Elmore Bolling was a successful black businessman in Lowndes County, Alabama. He ran an inclusive business in the Jim Crow South and was known for his philanthropy. His success angered a group of white men who murdered Bolling in 1947Website:

Episode 7 Christmas Lynchings

Dec 10th, 2018 20m 21s

Black Americans weren’t spared lynching on Christmas Day during the lynching era. Featured are the stories of Rev J.N. McClinton of Prairie Blossom, Texas; Colvin Nicholson of Scooba, Mississippi and Willie James Howard of Live Oak, FloridaWeb

Episode 6 1906 Lyerly Murders and Salisbury Lynching in Rowan County, North Carolina

Nov 12th, 2018 17m 13s

In the summer of 1906, five members of a prominent white farming family, were murdered in Salisbury, North Carolina. With no evidence, only an accusation, six black sharecroppers were accused of the murders. Within the next month, three more in

Episode 5 Elwood Higginbotham Lafayette County, Mississippi

Oct 22nd, 2018 21m 19s

In September of 1935, black sharecropper and union leader, Elwood Higginbotham stood trial for murder in Oxford, Mississippi. The murder of his white neighbor had been a case of self-defense. As a jury deliberated his fate, a white mob stormed

Episode 1: History of Lynching in America

Oct 8th, 2018 16m

Before you hear stories of victims of color line murders, it's important to understand the history of lynching in America and how lynching became an acceptable act of racial terror in the American South.Website: colorlinemurders.comTwitter: ht

Episode 3: Rubin Stacy - Broward County, Florida

Oct 8th, 2018 17m 59s

In July of 1935 Rubin Stacy was accused of attacking a white woman. A white mob, that included the local sheriff, lynched Stacy. A photo of the lynching was so disturbing that the NAACP used it in a campaign to call for anti-lynching legislatio

Episode 2: Mary Turner - Brooks County, Georgia

Oct 8th, 2018 16m 36s

In May of 1918, a white farmer was murdered in Brooks County, Georgia. Within a week of his death, 11 African Americans would be lynched, including Mary Turner, who called for the arrest of the men who lynched her husbandWebsite: colorlinemurde

Episode 4: Frazier and Julia Baker - Florence County, South Carolina

Oct 8th, 2018 22m 13s

In 1897, Frazier Baker, became the first African American postmaster of Lake City, South Carolina. The circumstances of his lynching in 1898 shocked many in the country and galvanized the anti-lynching movement to seek federal interventionWebs