Now, an effort is underway to memorialize the brutal lynching. But as the United States undergoes a broader national reckoning over racial justice, the effort is facing a backlash in some communities. In 2018, it opened the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, where more than 800 weathered steel columns etched with the names of lynching victims hang from the ceiling. The lynching led to a rampage, in which Black businesses were burnt to the ground. And as we saw with George Floyd, systematic racism and violence against (Black people) is still present," Viswanathan said.

Source: Bangkok Post August 30, 2021 01:30 UTC