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The Howard Center for Investigative Journalism / DeNeen L. Brown
/ Oct 20“This project investigates the cumulative effect of how newspaper headlines and editorials incited racist terror and falsely accused Black people of crimes. The series uncovers the widespread practice of publishing headlines that accelerated lynchings and massacres. That included newspapers announcing ‘Negro uprisings,’ publishing uncorroborated stories of Black men accused of ‘assaulting’ white women, and printing false allegations of arson and vagrancy — all in an attempt to justify racist terror inflicted on Black people.” —
