From a boy impregnating his mother to the Blue Vein Society accepting only mulattos; here are the 2019 controversial stories

Michael Eli Dokosi December 28, 2019
From a boy impregnating his mother to the Blue Vein Society accepting only mulattos; here are the 2019 controversial stories
George Armwood in middle via Image/Associated Press

George Armwood

Before the brutal murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in 1955, the harrowing story of George Armwood in 1933 had sent shivers down the spines of the people of Maryland. Armwood was dragged from a cell, stabbed and then lynched on a tree before some 2000 white folks in Princess Anne baying for his blood. But the horror was not over as he was brought down, burnt and his charred body dragged through the town with his body parts thrown towards the quarters of the Blacks to make sandwich with.

Last Edited by:Kent Mensah Updated: December 28, 2019

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