[1] Immediately after the Jesse Washington lynching in May 1916, pieces of his mutilated body sold for ten cents.

[2] A new procedure that was used for the first time on August 16, 1915, when Leo Frank, a Jewish New Yorker, was lynched in Georgia for a murder he probably did not commit.

[3]  In 1898, as the result of a circulation battle, the Hearst and Pulitzer newspaper chains single-handedly propelled America into the Spanish- American War. Such was the power of the press during that era.

[4] In virtually all these newspaper accounts, the word “alleged” was never used.

[5] General Forest was responsible for the notorious Fort Pillow Massacre in Tennessee on April 12, 1864 when over 300 black men, women and children were murdered by his troops. Some were burned at the stake, others were buried alive. It became the worst racial incident of the war.

[6] It was common for public officials to be members of the Klan. Even judges and politicians joined. U.S. Senator and Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was once a dues paying member of the Klan.

[7] It would be the equivalent to $400,000,000 in today’s dollars.

[8] On Feb. 26, 2000, a judge overturned the conviction and death sentence of Ed Johnson (Chicago Tribune, Feb. 27, 2000)

[9] General Forest was responsible for the notorious Fort Pillow Massacre in Tennessee on April 12, 1864 when over 300 black men, women and children were murdered by his troops. Some were burned at the stake, others were buried alive. It became the worst racial incident of the war.

[10] It was common for public officials to be members of the Klan. Even judges and politicians joined. U.S. Senator and Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was once a dues paying member of the Klan.

[11] It would be the equivalent to $400,000,000 in today’s dollars.

[12] On Feb. 26, 2000, a judge overturned the conviction and death sentence of Ed Johnson (Chicago Tribune, Feb. 27, 2000)