A Hope for Reconciliation

ID: 1528 ~ Source: Darden, Mary, interviewed by Richard H. Fair, August 19, 2008, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
This file appears in: Jesse Washington Lynching

Mary Darden tells of the injustice that occured on the day of Jesse Washington's lynching.

This file appears in: Jesse Washington Lynching

By Kurt Terry
Society in the South evolved ensuing the emancipation of slaves after the Civil War. The Reconstruction of the South ended in 1877 and only added to the bad racial tensions in the region. Whites instituted laws that held blacks back from education,…