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Rubin
Stacy: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Lynching that Changed the Political Climate in
Washington D.C
4 Posted by Jae Jones
- October 23, 2017 - BLACK MEN,
Injustices
Rubin
Stacy was a homeless tenant farmer living in Florida. He was down on his luck
and hungry when he approached the home of Marion Jones to ask for some food.
But he was met with the screams and shrieks when Mrs. Jones answered the door.
Jones’ family rushed to the sound of the screams and grabbed and subdued Stacy.
Jones claimed that Stacy had assaulted her with a knife. Stacy was turned over
to the Dade County deputies.
While
Stacy was being transported to jail by six Dade County deputies, a
group of masked men overpowered the group and kidnapped him. It was later
revealed that the kidnapping was merely a ruse; Chief Deputy Bob Clark and
other deputies had staged the kidnapping so that the mob could take possession
of their prisoner.
The mob
took Stacy to the home of Marion Jones and lynched him from a nearby tree. It
was also reported that Deputy Clark passed his service revolver around and let
the mob fire shots at the hanging body.
Although
Rubin’s murder galvanized anti-lynching activists, President Franklin D.
Roosevelt was not in support of the federal anti-lynching
bill. Roosevelt feared that support would cost him Southern votes in the
1936 election. He believed that he could accomplish more for more people by
getting re-elected.
In
1939, Roosevelt created the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department.
Although it established prosecutions to combat lynching, it failed to win any
convictions until 1946.
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What trial did we learn
about this week that is similar to Rubin Stacy’s story? What are the
similarities and what are the differences?
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Why is it important to
learn about stories like these? What can we learn from them?
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Do you think racial
discrimination like this still exists today? Or is that all behind us?
The trials we learned about in school were the Scotsboro boys.These 9 boys were falsely accused of “raping” two white women on a train cart, even though most of them weren’t in the same cart as these women.One of these women even recanted from the trial saying that she did not want to be caught across state lines for prostitution, so what they did was they screamed “rape”, because they didn’t want to get into legal trouble crossing state lines too do prostitution.
ReplyDeleteIt is important we learn about stories like these because we can’t be blind of this because if we were it would still be going on today and nobody would care accept for the people it was affecting.I also think we need to learn about this because it is great to see how far we have came from be “unequal” to everyone being equal to each other.
Racial discrimination still occurs today because we will always repeat our past history.I also think this still happens because I have seen it happen in school between everyone. The last thing I have to say is that it still happens because it is shown online and in the media news and it is not just race it’s everybodies.
I agree with hunter. The boys were falsely accused of rape because of their skin color. I think it is also important that we read these stories to see how far we came and what we can improve on. It sucks that we still discriminate even today. No one should go through this.
DeleteThis week we learned about the Scottsboro boys. They were a group of 9 black teens on a train that got into a fight with a group of men. 2 women on the train later told the police that the black teens raped her. The teens went to trial immediately. No one was able to provide an information about the teens raping the women. 8 of the 9 boys were sentenced to death and one 13 year old was sentenced to life in prison. The trial went on for many years due to no evidence stating the rape occured. After time the jury finally realized that the boys did nothing wrong. The judge was a racist and wanted the boys to be punished because of the color of their skin. The Rubin Stacey story is a little different than the Trial case. Both stories show and explain racism. In the trial the judge wanted to kill the boys because of the color of their skin. In the story the police officer let a mob kidnap a black prisoner and hang him from a tree as they all shot at him. Even an officer shot at him. This shows the wrong doing of law enforcement and how people were racist to blacks.
ReplyDeleteIt is important to learn about stories like this because it is history and we can learn that people should not be treated like a thing because they are different from you. It can set a bad example for younger generations and they will continue to do the same thing. You should not hate someone because they are a different color. You can hate people because of the way they act or react to a situation. Racism will never end and everyone knows that.
Racism occurs everyday many times. It will never stop. Some people joke around about it and others a very serious about hating a certain group of individuals. I have seen and heard many people make racist remarks. Some people get very offended by it.
I agree with Matt. There isn't a real way to get rid of racism. Some one will always make fun of someone. No matter what skin color you are you will experience it in your life. It all depends how you act on it. Everyone can be adults about it and not let it get to them. I try and do that but sometimes I fail because I am only human.
DeleteWe learned about The Scottsboro Boys case and what happened. Apparently 13 african american teenagers were accused of raping two white girls on a train station in 1931. The trial lasted a very long time. The case kept being thrown up to higher courts and then sent back down to lower courts. The similarities and differences of Rubin Stacy’s story are that both situations were unfair to both people. Rubin and the teenagers were treated unfairly because of their skin color. Some of the differences are that Rubin ended up dying. The teenagers were set free.
ReplyDeleteIt is important that we learn about this stories so we can learn what not to do. That’s the thing about the past we can’t change that, but for the future we can learn from it and make better choices. Some people are never taught these stories because people don’t want to hurt their feelings. I think we can all agree these types of stories are horrible but we need to know them so that we do not make the same mistake that they did. We can learn that people should not be treated badly over how they look or feel. If someone is not causing anyone harm or distress then let them be. You shouldn’t look for trouble you should try to avoid it or solve it. Everyone should be treated fairly and nice.
I think that racial discrimination is not relevant to our society anymore. The reason I say this is because I see the same problems and struggles happen to every race. It doesn’t matter if they are black, green, blue, white, or orange. Everyone goes through the same struggles. People want to say that it is different, but everyone goes through the same things. For example as everyone wants to focus on how black people were discriminated against. People fail to mention how the Irish were discriminated against when they came over here to the United States and spoiler alert they are white. It’s not just one race or one group everyone has experienced struggles and conflict. It is how people handle the future that decides everything for the future generations to come.
I agree with Zach about the case being unfair because of their skin color and how the court case kept being brought from court to court when the 13 men were innocent. I also agree with Zach that all people go through discrimination and all people are segregated against and go through or have already gone through the same problems and hard times. I think it was a good example on how he added that the Irish were even discriminated against when they came to the US. They were all white and it doesn't matter your skin color now a days people aren't only discriminating black people they discriminate everybody no matter the color or race.
DeleteI agree with Zach. The 13 boys were innocent and people wanted them to suffer because they were black. Zach is right about all types of people going through discrimination. No one should have to go through that. It doesnt matter what color your skin is just the person you are.
DeleteThis week we learned about the scottsboro case and what happened. There was 13 boys that were African American teenagers that was accused for raping two white girls on a train in 1931. This trial went on for a very long time and it kept being thrown around to higher courts and lower ones. The similarities and differences is that I think it’s kinda rude because they judged the guys on there skin color and they were set free I think they were treated un fairly. It is important to learn and read this types of stories because you can learn from there mistakes obviously the past you can’t change once the damage is done there’s no fixing it but now we can make better choices and learn from the mistakes that have been made. It is horrible what people do to others and it’s not even just body contact it’s how people use there words too. Anything you do or say can really hurt someone and people should all just get along and respect others . I hope everyone learns from there mistakes and just make the future a safer and more better than all the negatives in Thebes past. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Allison. I feel like we should continue learning about stories like this because like I said in my blog we can learn from their mistakes. People should think about what they say and how they sound when they’re racist because it can hurt others.
ReplyDeleteThe trail that we learned about was the scottsboro case. Which was that 13 african american boy were accused of raping two white women on a train. In the case there were no real evidence that they actually did it. Because most of the boys aren't even in the same cart as the women. But because of their skin color they were accused of doing it right away. This is similar to the Rubin stacy case because he was african american and accused of doing something he didn't do by a white women. The difference is that in the rubin stacy case is that he was kidnapped and hung by the mob for it. I think it's important for us to learn about things and cases and stories like this because how are we supposed to learn about how people used to be treated and what life was like if we don't learn about things like this and everything is sugar coded how are we supposed to learn and know not to make the same mistakes that they made. I think that people see the world different and have different opinions about things. Like racial discrimination people see it different i believe that most people have put racial discrimination behind us but there are still people who are racist. And still believe that people should be separated by their skin color. i believe that racial discrimination will never truly be over or behind us because people are different and see things a different way.
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