IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoInnocent African-American child George Stinney executed after being falsely accused of murdering two white girls | 1944lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1356arrow-down1external-linkInnocent African-American child George Stinney executed after being falsely accused of murdering two white girls | 1944lemmy.worldIndustryStandard@lemmy.world to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square73fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareguy@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 days agoI wonder what the people putting a child in the electric chair thought and felt
minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoThey thought, “ah shit, he’s not tall enough - grab that bible, we can boost him up higher.” Yes, really. The USA was far too kind to the Confederate states post-war. The racism has been allowed to fester - and in many cases thrive ever since.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·3 days agoI’m sure a good chunk of them didn’t view him as a child.
I wonder what the people putting a child in the electric chair thought and felt
They thought, “ah shit, he’s not tall enough - grab that bible, we can boost him up higher.”
Yes, really.
The USA was far too kind to the Confederate states post-war. The racism has been allowed to fester - and in many cases thrive ever since.
I’m sure a good chunk of them didn’t view him as a child.