Cases of Black people found hanged in the US South are a reminder of nation’s lynching history
The body of 29-year-old Tasia Fortune was discovered behind an abandoned home in Jackson, Mississippi. Jarques Ratliff has been charged in connection with the death. The case has raised historical comparisons to lynchings in the Southern United States.
The death of a Black Mississippi woman found hanging from a tree has stirred distressing memories of the grim history of lynchings across the U.S. South. The body of Tasia Fortune, 29, was found behind an abandoned home in Jackson, the state capital, on Aug. 3. Jarques Ratliff, 51, who is also Black, pleaded not...
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