Lynching of Jake Davis
Part of Jim Crow Era | |
Date | July 14, 1922 |
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Location | Miller County, Georgia |
Participants | White mob |
Deaths | Jake Davis |
Jake "Shake" Davis was a 62-year-old
Background
Miscegenation is the interbreeding of people who are considered to be members of different races and was heavily frowned upon in the American south. The historical taboo surrounding white–black relationships among American whites can be seen as a historical consequence of the oppression and racial segregation of African Americans.[2][3] In many U.S. states, interracial marriage was already illegal when the term miscegenation was coined in 1863. Before that, it was called "amalgamation".
Interracial relationships were heavily frowned upon and legal bans on Interracial marriages weren't struck down until the
Lynching
Local media reported that the well-known, 62-year-old
After the event the Miller County Liberal wrote that "hundreds of the citizens throughout the county regret this lynching. Many have said [Ethel Skittel] was guiltier than was Jake."[6]
National memorial
See also
Bibliography
- Notes
- References
- Franzosi, Roberto; De Fazio, Gianluca; Vicari, Stefania (August 2012). "Ways of Measuring Agency: An Application of Quantitative Narrative Analysis to Lynchings in Georgia (1875—1930)". S2CID 61839342. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- Fredrickson, G. M. (2005). "Mulattoes and metis. Attitudes toward miscegenation in the United States and France since the seventeenth century". International Social Science Journal. 57 (183): 103–112. .
- "Miller County Liberal". Miller County Liberal. Miller County, Georgia. July 19, 1922. OCLC 21793042.
- NPR (June 12, 2021). "June 12 Is Loving Day — When Interracial Marriage Finally Became Legal In The U.S." NPR. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- Robertson, Campbell (April 25, 2018). "A Lynching Memorial Is Opening. The Country Has Never Seen Anything Like It". The New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
- Slade, Paul (2022). "White riot: a Georgia lynching". Planetslade.com. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (1926). "To Prevent and Punish the Crime of Lynching: Hearings Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on S. 121, Sixty-Ninth Congress, First Session, on Feb. 16, 1926". United States Government Publishing Office. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- Yancey, George (22 March 2007). "Experiencing Racism: Differences in the Experiences of Whites Married to Blacks and Non-Black Racial Minorities". Journal of Comparative Family Studies. 38 (2): 197–213. .