Lynching_of_Bernice_Raspberry

Lynching of Bernice Raspberry

Lynching of Bernice Raspberry

Lynching of a Black man in Mississippi, 1927

Bernice Raspberry, also called Ed Lively, was a 23-year old African-American man who was murdered in Leakesville, Mississippi, on May 25, 1927.[1] Raspberry was arrested for an infraction in Leakesville, but then the sheriff was told he was wanted in nearby Bothwell for "alleged improper conduct with a white woman". Raspberry was taken to Bothwell but then taken back to Leakesville, for safe keeping. A group of some 100 masked man took him from the jail, strung him to a tree, and shot him many times.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "The Law's Too Slow". Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life. January 1928. p. 19.
  2. [2]
    "Texas Negro Lynched for Jones Crime". Clarion-Ledger. May 27, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved April 20, 2021.

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