America’s Forgotten Mass Lynching: When 237 People Were Murdered In Arkansas

by lindaoppenheim | Apr 11, 2022 | Article

Following World War I, efforts to form a new union, the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America led to one of the worst incidents of racial violence initiated by whites against black sharecroppers according to a just released report from the Equal Justice...

From students in high school all the way to the president’s desk.’ How a government class fought for the release of unsolved FBI civil rights case files.

by lindaoppenheim | Feb 28, 2019 | Article

Tom Jackman’s article describes the efforts of Hightstown, NJ high school students to get the federal government to release information about 128 “cold” cases of lynchings of black Southerners in the decades after World War II .  “Hightstown...

When a Lynching Memorial Becomes a Photo Opportunity

by lindaoppenheim | Jan 1, 2019 | Opinion, Truth and Reconciliation

William C. Anderson’s essay is “A reflection on the commodification of Jim Crow’s violence through public memorials. It’s imperative for those paying respects to understand and interrogate civil rights museums, memorials, and any other commemorations of...

Howard students wore nooses in the 1930s as part of a protest effort. Now, these UNC students do, too.

by lindaoppenheim | Jan 1, 2019 | Article

 Susan Svrluga describes how a protest against lynching by Howard University students in the 1930s set an example for University of North Carolina protesting the statue on campus known as Silent Sam that honors the Confederacy.  To read the article, click...

Constituting Justice: Ida B. Wells’s Anti-Lynching Campaign, September 12, 2018

by lindaoppenheim | Sep 5, 2018 | Events

On Wednesday, September 12, 2018, at 4:30 pm in the Arthur Lewis Auditorium, Robertson Hall, Desmond Jagmohan will present the Constitution Day Lecture, “Constituting Justice: Ida B. Wells’s Anti-Lynching Campaign.”  Desmond Jagmohan is an assistant...