Lynching of Bernice Raspberry
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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[]
- ^ "The Law's Too Slow". Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life. January 1928. p. 19.
- ^ "Texas Negro Lynched for Jones Crime". Clarion-Ledger. May 27, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
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Coordinates: 31°9′14″N 88°33′21″W / 31.15389°N 88.55583°W / 31.15389; -88.55583
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