Rosewood Massacre (1923)
"On January 1, 1923 a massacre was carried out in the small, predominantly black town of Rosewood in Central Florida. The massacre was instigated by the rumor that a white woman, Fanny Taylor, had been sexually assaulted by a black man in her home in a nearby community. A group of white men, believing this rapist to be a recently escaped convict named Jesse Hunter who was hiding in Rosewood, assembled to capture this man."
Rosewood Massacre (1923) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
Madame LaLaurie (1834)
The New Orleans Bee reported that on April 11, 1834 bystanders attempted to evacuate the slave quarters but were denied keys by the LaLauries, so they broke down the doors. What they found would haunt them til the day they died. Seven mutilated slaves, some were hung, others were stretched at their limbs, some were missing body parts. Some reports mentioned spiked collars, and being bound in contorted positions.
https://travel.mapquest.com/2014/10/27/meet-madame-lalaurie-the-meanest-bytch-in-new-orleans/
Emmett Till (1955)
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, on August 24, 1955, when he was accused of whistling at Carolyn Bryant, a white woman who was a cashier at a grocery store. Four days later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half brother J.W. Milam kidnapped Till, beat him and shot him in the head. The men were tried for murder, but an all-white, male jury acquitted them. Till's murder and open casket funeral galvanized the emerging Civil Rights Movement. Over six decades after Till's brutal abduction and murder, in January 2017, Timothy Tyson, author of The Blood of Emmett Till and a senior research scholar at Duke University, revealed that in a 2007 interview Carolyn admitted to him that she had lied about Till making advances toward her.
Emmett Till
Black Wall Street (1921)
The riot, which began on May 31, 1921, was initiated by an incident that happened the day before. On the morning of May 30, a black man named dikk Rowland stepped into Tulsa’s Drexel Building to use the restroom. The elevator operator was a young white girl named Sarah Page. A scream was heard from inside the elevator, and Rowland ran out. While there is no conclusive evidence, it was the general belief of white Tulsans that Rowland attempted to assault Page.
Tulsa Race Riot (1921) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
Susan Smith (1994)
On October 15, 1994, Smith frantically phoned police and said she had been carjacked by a black man while stopped at a red light in Union City on Highway 49. He had forced her out of the car and took off in the vehicle, taking her two children who were seated in the back along with him. A massive manhunt ensued, and Smith tearfully pleaded for their return in numerous TV news appearances, crying out for her children and begging the alleged abductor to bring them home. All the while, authorities became increasingly skeptical of her story.
A Look Back At The Susan Smith Case, Nearly 22 Years After The South Carolina Mom Killed Her 2 Young Sons - CrimeFeed
Bonnie Sweeten (2012)
Bonnie Sweeten, a 40-year-old white woman, was sentenced to eight years in prison for a host of crimes including stealing money from her family and the law firm where she worked and lying about being kidnapped by two black men. Sweeten had actually taken her daughter to Disney World with her ill-gotten gains. Her criminal actions cost law-enforcement agencies thousands of dollars as a multistate search for the woman and her child ensued, even though they were just kicking it with Mickey Mouse.
http://www.theroot.com/white-women-and-blame-a-black-man-syndrome-1790889717
Scottsboro Boys (1931)
In 1931, two young white women alleged that they had been assaulted and raped by nine "Negro boys." After swift "legal" (pre-lynching) procedures, eight of the Blacks were sentenced to death. Eventually, the women recanted their story, though it did not result in freedom for the young Black men
Boehner's Lawsuit Follows Sad American Tradition of Falsely Blaming Blacks For Your Own Crimes
Riot of 1908 (1908)
In Springfield, Illinois, a white woman, falsely accused "a black fiend" of raping her. Local whites formed a mob, killed two Blacks chosen randomly, then burned and pillaged the local Black community. Blacks fled to avoid a mass lynching. The woman later admitted that she lied about the rape to cover up an extramarital affair.
Boehner's Lawsuit Follows Sad American Tradition of Falsely Blaming Blacks For Your Own Crimes
"On January 1, 1923 a massacre was carried out in the small, predominantly black town of Rosewood in Central Florida. The massacre was instigated by the rumor that a white woman, Fanny Taylor, had been sexually assaulted by a black man in her home in a nearby community. A group of white men, believing this rapist to be a recently escaped convict named Jesse Hunter who was hiding in Rosewood, assembled to capture this man."
Rosewood Massacre (1923) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
Madame LaLaurie (1834)
The New Orleans Bee reported that on April 11, 1834 bystanders attempted to evacuate the slave quarters but were denied keys by the LaLauries, so they broke down the doors. What they found would haunt them til the day they died. Seven mutilated slaves, some were hung, others were stretched at their limbs, some were missing body parts. Some reports mentioned spiked collars, and being bound in contorted positions.
https://travel.mapquest.com/2014/10/27/meet-madame-lalaurie-the-meanest-bytch-in-new-orleans/
Emmett Till (1955)
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, on August 24, 1955, when he was accused of whistling at Carolyn Bryant, a white woman who was a cashier at a grocery store. Four days later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half brother J.W. Milam kidnapped Till, beat him and shot him in the head. The men were tried for murder, but an all-white, male jury acquitted them. Till's murder and open casket funeral galvanized the emerging Civil Rights Movement. Over six decades after Till's brutal abduction and murder, in January 2017, Timothy Tyson, author of The Blood of Emmett Till and a senior research scholar at Duke University, revealed that in a 2007 interview Carolyn admitted to him that she had lied about Till making advances toward her.
Emmett Till
Black Wall Street (1921)
The riot, which began on May 31, 1921, was initiated by an incident that happened the day before. On the morning of May 30, a black man named dikk Rowland stepped into Tulsa’s Drexel Building to use the restroom. The elevator operator was a young white girl named Sarah Page. A scream was heard from inside the elevator, and Rowland ran out. While there is no conclusive evidence, it was the general belief of white Tulsans that Rowland attempted to assault Page.
Tulsa Race Riot (1921) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed
Susan Smith (1994)
On October 15, 1994, Smith frantically phoned police and said she had been carjacked by a black man while stopped at a red light in Union City on Highway 49. He had forced her out of the car and took off in the vehicle, taking her two children who were seated in the back along with him. A massive manhunt ensued, and Smith tearfully pleaded for their return in numerous TV news appearances, crying out for her children and begging the alleged abductor to bring them home. All the while, authorities became increasingly skeptical of her story.
A Look Back At The Susan Smith Case, Nearly 22 Years After The South Carolina Mom Killed Her 2 Young Sons - CrimeFeed
Bonnie Sweeten (2012)
Bonnie Sweeten, a 40-year-old white woman, was sentenced to eight years in prison for a host of crimes including stealing money from her family and the law firm where she worked and lying about being kidnapped by two black men. Sweeten had actually taken her daughter to Disney World with her ill-gotten gains. Her criminal actions cost law-enforcement agencies thousands of dollars as a multistate search for the woman and her child ensued, even though they were just kicking it with Mickey Mouse.
http://www.theroot.com/white-women-and-blame-a-black-man-syndrome-1790889717
Scottsboro Boys (1931)
In 1931, two young white women alleged that they had been assaulted and raped by nine "Negro boys." After swift "legal" (pre-lynching) procedures, eight of the Blacks were sentenced to death. Eventually, the women recanted their story, though it did not result in freedom for the young Black men
Boehner's Lawsuit Follows Sad American Tradition of Falsely Blaming Blacks For Your Own Crimes
Riot of 1908 (1908)
In Springfield, Illinois, a white woman, falsely accused "a black fiend" of raping her. Local whites formed a mob, killed two Blacks chosen randomly, then burned and pillaged the local Black community. Blacks fled to avoid a mass lynching. The woman later admitted that she lied about the rape to cover up an extramarital affair.
Boehner's Lawsuit Follows Sad American Tradition of Falsely Blaming Blacks For Your Own Crimes