In the old cemetery of the Black Catholic Church in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the church in which I was raised, lies the unmarked grave of a man who was lynched on June 20, 1899, at 1:40 in the morning.
We must keep telling the true story of America. There is a danger when we live a lie. We will not heal from this violence, hatred and cruelty we are facing now until we confront and reconcile our past. Thank you professor Eddie.
White America just can't come to a reckoning of their past and present sins. Not sure what it will take. They don't want to read a book about it, watch a documentary about it, or discuss with Black folk about white racism toward people of color.
This is horrifying, now it’s happening again. Perhaps it’s naive, but for a small part of me wanted to believe our society had put the bastards in closets. It’s like we’ve lost what little progress that was made.
No official lynching has been confirmed or classified by authorities in Mississippi in 2026.
However, a high-profile and suspicious death involving a Black woman found hanging from a tree has drawn intense community concern, scrutiny, and echoes of the state's historical trauma.
Tasia Fortune Case DetailsOn August 3, 2026, 29-year-old Tasia Fortune was found dead, hanging from a tree behind an abandoned house on the Road of Remembrance in Jackson, Mississippi.
The Jackson Police Department launched an active death investigation, but as of mid-August 2026, they have not officially classified the cause or manner of death while awaiting final autopsy results from the state medical examiner.
Family members and civil rights advocates have raised deep concerns and questioned the circumstances, though police have not named any suspects or formally declared the incident a racially motivated crime or lynching.
Sad that our country was ever this, but we’ve done many bad things over the centuries and learn from them unfortunately, we haven’t learned enough because look what we have in the White House a felon rapist pedophile who’s complicit in ice goons Gestapo murdering Americans in ordering boats to be blown up they could easily captured and murdering the survivors. This is what our country has come to were a disgrace around the world, and Trump is a disgrace to his country and all of his criminal cohorts.
Another horrible example of injustice in America toward Black!!😢
This is America.
Still.
We must keep telling the true story of America. There is a danger when we live a lie. We will not heal from this violence, hatred and cruelty we are facing now until we confront and reconcile our past. Thank you professor Eddie.
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This, of course, is the lens through which the current must be analyzed and understood. Not doing so confines and condemns us to never moving forward.
White America just can't come to a reckoning of their past and present sins. Not sure what it will take. They don't want to read a book about it, watch a documentary about it, or discuss with Black folk about white racism toward people of color.
Maddening!
And how did the "jury" find that Patrick got free from jail to "climb" the tree? 🤔🤔🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️🤷🏿♂️
And yet…we need to revise America’s history to show what a wonderful country we’ve had? Shame on all those racists in govt.
Just like a friend's uncle whose body was found floating in the river with his hands and feet bound. Virginia coroner labelled it a suicide.
Just like a hanging they always say suicide it’s murder
Keep telling our stories.
Amerikkka then, Amerikkka now. So sad
Somber, compelling history!
This makes me so sad!! Hate has no place in America 😥
This is horrifying, now it’s happening again. Perhaps it’s naive, but for a small part of me wanted to believe our society had put the bastards in closets. It’s like we’ve lost what little progress that was made.
No official lynching has been confirmed or classified by authorities in Mississippi in 2026.
However, a high-profile and suspicious death involving a Black woman found hanging from a tree has drawn intense community concern, scrutiny, and echoes of the state's historical trauma.
Tasia Fortune Case DetailsOn August 3, 2026, 29-year-old Tasia Fortune was found dead, hanging from a tree behind an abandoned house on the Road of Remembrance in Jackson, Mississippi.
The Jackson Police Department launched an active death investigation, but as of mid-August 2026, they have not officially classified the cause or manner of death while awaiting final autopsy results from the state medical examiner.
Family members and civil rights advocates have raised deep concerns and questioned the circumstances, though police have not named any suspects or formally declared the incident a racially motivated crime or lynching.
https://youtu.be/i5upsJs3DRs?is=v-M2z5VzKueTKxhZ
Sad that our country was ever this, but we’ve done many bad things over the centuries and learn from them unfortunately, we haven’t learned enough because look what we have in the White House a felon rapist pedophile who’s complicit in ice goons Gestapo murdering Americans in ordering boats to be blown up they could easily captured and murdering the survivors. This is what our country has come to were a disgrace around the world, and Trump is a disgrace to his country and all of his criminal cohorts.
My God.