Black Man’s Death Declared A Suicide 100 Years Ago, Now Ruled A Lynching
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || ).push({}); In 1922, 19-year-old George Tompkins, a Black man, was discovered with his hands tied behind his back, hanging from a tree in Indiana. No one was apprehended, and his death was said to be a suicide despite the way that his body was found. On...
