Episode 112 The Color Line Murders

<p>Some of the oldest true crime cases in America are racial terror lynchings. To understand the history of lynching in the American South you have to know what led to the acceptance of racial terror and the brave people who led anti lynching campaigns in an effort to end the violence and save lives. </p> <p> </p> <p>Want more Southern Mysteries? </p> <p>Hear the Southern Mysteries show archive and immediately access exclusive content when you become a patron of the show.  Join now at <a href='https://www.patreon.com/southernmysteries'>patreon.com/southernmysteries</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Connect</p> <p>Website: <a href='https://southernmysteries.com/'>southernmysteries.com </a>Facebook: <a href='https://www.facebook.com/SouthernMysteriesPodcast'>Southern Mysteries Podcast </a>Twitter: @<a href='https://twitter.com/southernpod_'>southernpod_ </a>Instagram: @<a href='https://www.instagram.com/explorethesouth/'>explorethesouth </a>Email: <a href='mailto:southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com'>southernmysteriespodcast@gmail.com</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Episode Sources </p> <p><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Hanging-Bridge-Violence-Americas-Century/dp/0199376565'>Hanging Bridge: Racial Violence and America's Civil Rights Century</a> by Jason Morgan Ward. Oxford University Press</p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVyo5dzYs44'>The Cross and the Lynching Tree</a> (James Hal Cone and Bill Moyers). The Journal. </p> <p><a href='https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/55'>Emmett Till Antilynching Act</a>. Public Law No: 117-107 (03/29/2022). This bill makes lynching a federal hate crime offense.</p> <p><a href='https://www.vice.com/en/article/qbx735/this-bridge-in-mississippi-has-hosted-decades-of-racial-violence'>This Bridge in Mississippi Has Hosted Decades of Racial Violence</a>. Vice. April 27, 2016</p> <p><a href='https://www.facingsouth.org/2018/05/what-happens-when-we-forget'>What happens when we forget?</a> Facing South. May 7, 2018</p> <p><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Thirty-Lynching-Unit