Английская Википедия:Berry Washington

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Berry Washington (Шаблон:Circa – May 26, 1919) was a 72-year-old black man who was lynched in Milan, Georgia, in 1919. He was in jail after killing a white man who was attacking two young girls. He was taken from jail and lynched by a mob.

History

At 1:00 am on the morning of May 24, 1919, two white men, John Dowdy and Levi Evans, went into the black section of Milan. They first tried to get into the home of Emma McCollers who had two young daughters.Шаблон:Sfn When the family refused to open the door Dowdy fired his gun. This caused the girls to flee to another house, the home of widow Emma Tisber. The two men followed and invaded the Tisber home and attempted to assault two young black girls.Шаблон:Sfn When the two girls attempted to hide under the porch, Dowdy and Evans began ripping up the floor to get to them.Шаблон:Sfn Washington, a black man, attempted to defend the girls and get the men to leave. Dowdy fired at Washington and after a struggle, Washington, who was 72 years old, shot and killed Dowdy , "He fell with his pistol in his right hand and a cigarette in the other, and a flask of liquor fell out of his pocket."Шаблон:Sfn

Washington went uptown and woke up the chief of police, Mr. Stuckey, who sent Washington to the McRae jail at 2:00 am May 24, 1919. There he stayed in jail until the 25th, at 12 o’clock, when a crowd of white men, led by a Baptist minister,Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn removed Washington from the jail. To possibly hide their crimes all black residents of Milan were rounded up and ordered out of the town on the night of May 25th.Шаблон:Sfn At 2:00 am on May 26 the lynch mob hung him from a post and shot him repeatedly until his body fell in pieces from the post. White residents rioted in the city, damaging and burning many black homes. They threatened black citizens, lest they dare to speak out about the events in public.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn

Local authorities attempted to cover up the incident, but a local preacher, Reverend Judson Dinkins, sent a letter to Monroe Work at the Tuskegee Institute, who in turn passed the letter to John Shillady of the NAACP. When Governor of Georgia Hugh Dorsey (term 1917–1921) became aware of the incident, he offered a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of the mob.Шаблон:Sfn Шаблон:Sfn Dr. Floyd McRae offered an additional $500 reward, for a total of $1,500 ($Шаблон:Inflation in 2024).Шаблон:Sfn Although the perpetrators were well known in the community, no one claimed the reward, and no one was ever charged for the murder.Шаблон:Sfn Washington's corpse was left there for a full day.Шаблон:Sfn

In September 1919, it was reported that Georgia Judge E. D. Graham ordered the city of McRae, Georgia, to take action and possibly remove Sheriff Williams as a result of the lynching. It was also alleged that one of the McRae deputies was a ringleader in the killing.Шаблон:Sfn

Aftermath

This was not the only incident of racial violence in Georgia in 1919. There were a number of riots, some of which are listed below:

Date Place Event Death toll Property Damage
February 8 Blakeley, Georgia Race Riot 4 killed
April 13-15 Jenkins County, Georgia Race Riot 6 killed 3 black Masonic lodges and 7 black churches burned down
May 10 Sylvester, Georgia Race Riot 1 killed
May 27–29 Putnam County, Georgia Arson attack 2 black Masonic lodges and 5 black churches burned down
July 6 Dublin, Georgia Black protection group prevents lynching
August 27-29 Laurens County, Georgia Race Riot 1 killed 1 black Masonic lodges and 3 black churches burned down

These race riots were one of several incidents of civil unrest that began in the so-called American Red Summer of 1919. Terrorist attacks on black communities and white oppression in over three dozen cities and counties. In most cases, white mobs attacked African American neighborhoods. In some cases, black community groups resisted the attacks, especially in Chicago and Washington, D.C. Most deaths occurred in rural areas during events like the Elaine Race Riot in Arkansas, where an estimated 100 to 240 black people and 5 white people were killed. Also in 1919 were the Chicago Race Riot and Washington D.C. race riot which killed 38 and 39 people respectively. Both had many more non-fatal injuries and extensive property damage reaching into the millions of dollars.Шаблон:Sfn

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