Gallery Page by hadassah | Aug 18, 2021 Newberry- This massive oak tree stands in Lynch Hammock today. It is not the original hanging tree which was cut down in the 1940's ( Dunn Collection) The Newberry victims who were taken from the jail and hung in Lynch Hammock. One victim was a woman who was Long's wife, Stella Young. Newberry State Senator Daniel Gibbs Roland was standing behind the bodies of the victims with other leading whites. . Grave of Newberry victim The Pleasant Plain Church. Most of the victims were buried in the church's cemetery. The back porch of the Dudley farmhouse. The farm is restored to represent the Florida Cracker way of life. The Dudley farmhouse where it is believed that the hanging ropes were prepared in the kitchen. The farm is now a state park. Collecting blood soil from Lynch Hammock, February 2021 Graves of some of the victims were buried in this area of the Pleasant Plain Cemetery. Visiting the Pleasant Plain Cemetery where some of the victims are buried. Filmmaker Issac Brown accompanied me. Hideen in Plain Sight by Janis Owens Beast in Florida book cover beast_in_florida_rgb - Copy Black Giants Broward County civil rights leader Sylvia Poitier Black Giants FAMU football Coach Jake Gaiter was virtually worshipped during his riign as the Ratterlers head coach. Black Giants Julian Bond congressman from Georgia and NAACP national leader. Black Miami William Bill Wynn_ Dewey Knight_ Joe Caleb David Captain Curry Crackers Horace Sharpe in front of one of the first homes in Liberty City. The Sharpe family was one of the first black families in Lemon City. Good question Josephine Baker miami riot ayers July Perry who was lynched in 1920 for trying to vote. He was the lead figure in the Ocoee riot of that year as a white mob burned a black section of Ocoee.. pullman The Black police station in Miami's Overtown community. There were no black police officers in the city until 1944 and at first they could not arrest whites. The Great Migration Black woman working in the Richmond shipyards. Many blacks moved North to find jobs in the North as the war raged and men were scarce. The funeral for singer Bessie Smith_ in September_ 1937. She died in Clarksedale_ Miss. She was one of the greatest singers of all time. A Black Giant Dr. John O. Brown led the Miami chapter of CORE and was in the forefront of desegragation demonstrations in Miami. He was a descendent of Black Seminoles. This was the Negro beach in Fort Lauderdale. Blacks had segregated beaches in other Florida towns including St Augustine_ Jacksonville and Miami. Angry whites during school desegregation in Little Rock_ Black Giant Joe Lang kershaw_ the first black to be elected to the Florida House since Reconstruction. He was a school teacher in Miami. « ‹ of 30 › »