Grandfather’s poker gift a hanging invitation
Carol Zachary, Washington, D.C.–and Montana. Somehow I kept blocking on three things: A) the six words. . . grandfather, poker, three hangings, an invitation lost...
If found hung, not a suicide.
Mariadele Priest. USA My adult black sons were commenting on recent lynchings of black men that police in several cities have labeled suicides.
Black bodies swinging on poplar trees
Kyetheus Monteiro, California, PA. To be young, gifted and Black!
My stepbrother threatened to hang him.
Teagan Peacock, Syracuse, NY. There is only one African-American family in my rural neighborhood. My stepbrother got into a fight with one of the boys...
Leave now! Hanging about to happen.
Bobbie Clark Baton Rouge, LA My father taught school in rural parishes all of his teaching career from the 40’s thru the 70’s. I recall...
