On June 16, 1944, in South Carolina, George Stinney was wrongfully put to death — at the age of 14. On Aug. 28, 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and murdered before his body was sunk in Mississippi’s Tallahatchie River.
These are some of the historical incidents of white violence inflicted upon the Black community. Violence that Black folks have been told to get over, even as it continues to permeate society in the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and others.
