In 1906, Ed Johnson was falsely accused and convicted for a crime he did not commit. Tragically, he would become a victim of vigilante violence amidst a climate of fear and racial hostility
Few people were willing to trust a Black man at his word then. Johnson was a victim of a country divided over his legal status just as much, if not more, than he was as a victim of a lynch mob.
Few people were willing to trust a Black man at his word then. Johnson was a victim of a country divided over his legal status just as much, if not more, than he was as a victim of a lynch mob.