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The editor of "The Crisis" published this photo essay showing the lynching of Jesse Washington -
Congressman Leonidas Dyer proposed Anti-Lynching Bill -
This promoted awareness for lynching -
NAACP flew a flag in New York Headquarters stating "A man was lynched yesterday" which changed opinions and influenced southern Newspapers. -
This was considered the last mass lynching in America, killing George Dorsey, Mae Murray Dorsey, Roger Malcolm, and Dorothy Malcolm at Moore's Ford in Georgia. Their killers were not arrested, and NAACP used the case to promote an anti-lynching bill. -
First full year without lynching in 1952 -
The lynching of 14 year old Emmett Till was brutal and the injustice of his trial brought mass attention to the Civil Rights Movement. His open casket funeral was highly publicized and widely outraged Black and White Americans -
One of the last Civil Rights era lynching was Mack Charles Parker in Ploplarville, Mississippi. He was awaiting trial for alleged rape, when a mob, including the jailer and former sheriff, killed him. They took him from his cell three days before trial, and shot him before throwing him into a river -
There had been 4748 recorded lynchings since 1882 -
He was chained to a car by 3 white supremacists and dragged to death in Jasper, Texas. -
Martin was just a 17 year old boy when he was noticed by a neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. Zimmerman alerted the police that there was a "up to no good, or he's on drugs or something" kind of looking guy walking around the neighborhood. The police told him not to follow him, but he disregarded it and left his vehicle. Later on tension rose and a violent encounter broke out between the two men, leading to the killing and shooting of Trayvon Martin. -
He said that no criminal charge can be filed against Zimmerman, because of the absence of probable cause. -
Sanford PDs homicide detective Christopher Serino says he recommends Zimmerman should be charged with manslaughter. -
Justice Department and FBI announce that they have launched an investigation into Martins death -
A petition for Martins killer to be arrested, created by martins parents, surpasses 1.3 million people. -
During Obamas speech he says Martin reminds him of a younger version of himself, and sadly says characterized racial profiling is a reality that most African Americans have had to deal with. -
He says he would not do anything differently if he were to do it over again. -
Zimmerman Sues NBC for allegedly editing the phone call he had with 911 during the night he murdered Martin -
Zimmermans trial begins over a year after he shot and killed Martin. The prosecutions argument was that Zimmerman had profiled Martin. The defense said that the evidence showed that Zimmerman had been attacked and was acting in self defense. In the end there was not enough evidence to prove either sides -
After 16 hours of deliberation the judge ruled him not guilty. -
Zimmerman filed a 100 million dollar lawsuit against the parents of Martin and others.