An Act of Unspeakable Evil

ID: 411 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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The charred remains of Jesse Washington. News of the incident shocked many people around the country. Photographs of Washington show the depravity of the lynching.

This file appears in: Jesse Washington Lynching

Jesse Washington Lynching

By Kurt Terry

Society in the South evolved ensuing the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War. The Reconstruction of the South ended in 1877 and only added to the bad racial tensions in the region. Whites instituted laws that held blacks back from education,…