Articles by Equal Justice Initiative
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10 May 1740: South Carolina Passes Negro Act Codifying White Supremacy
Equal Justice Initiative - TRANSCEND Media Service,
11 May 2020
The law prohibited enslaved African people from growing their own food, learning to read, moving freely, assembling in groups, or earning money. It also authorized white owners to whip and kill enslaved Africans for being “rebellious.”
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Equal Justice Initiative – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Feb 2015
The 27-page report published on 10 Feb 2015 is fruit of the multi-year investigation into lynching in twelve Southern states during the period between Reconstruction and World War II.
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