Southern trees bear a strange fruit,
Strange Fruit, Billie Holiday
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root,
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze,
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
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This Map Shows Over a Century of Documented Lynchings in the United States
Mapping the history of racial terror
Between 1877 and 1950 more than 4,000 African-Americans were lynched by racist white mobs. This dark legacy is still affecting American politicspic.twitter.com/QPOqJRpeJx
— Alfons López Tena #FBPE (@alfonslopeztena) September 10, 2019
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