A grisly tale that should never be forgotten
by Leonard Pitts Jr., Tribune Content Agency
May 16, 2018
2 minutes
Fair warning: this story will disgust you.
But this week -- Saturday, to be exact -- marks 100 years since a singular act of barbarism in tiny Valdosta, Ga. And the tale of what happened there demands to be recalled.
It began when somebody killed Hampton Smith, a white plantation owner. Suspicion fell on Sidney Johnson, an African-American worker said to have had a wage dispute
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