But no one was held to account for the murder. That lynching shocked New Yorkers-they thought their state was too enlightened to lynch a Black man. Just last week, a self-described fascist and white supremacist murdered 10 Black shoppers in Buffalo, New York.ġ30 years ago, a mob in Port Jervis, New York lynched a local Black man when he was accused, like so many lynching victims, of sexually assaulting a white woman. Today, it’s a terrible truth that the assault on the lives of Black Americans is neither a regional nor a temporary feature, but a national crisis. It really helps to get the word out about our show. Like us on Facebook at Writers Voice with Francesca Rheannon, on Instagram or find us on twitter Love Writer’s Voice? Please rate us on your podcast app. Writers Voice- in depth conversation with writers of all genres, on the air since 2004. Her book is Pandora’s Jar: Women In The Greek Myths. Then, classics scholar Natalie Haynes tells us about her feminist interpretation of the ancient Greek myths and plays. Despite the shock, no one was held to account. It’s about how the nation was shocked when a local Black man was lynched in 1892 in the supposedly enlightened North. This week on Writer’s Voice, we talk with historian Philip Dray about his book, A Lynching at Port Jervis: Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age.
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