Murder

Lynching of Bernice Raspberry

1927 · 31.15° N, 88.56° W

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1927
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Murder
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31.15° N, 88.56° W
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lynching of a Black man in Mississippi, 1927
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Lynching of Bernice Raspberry

1927 murder of a Black man in Mississippi

Bernice Raspberry, also called Ed Lively, was a 23-year old African-American man who was murdered in Leakesville, Mississippi, on May 25, 1927. Raspberry was arrested for an infraction in Leakesville, but then the sheriff was told he was wanted in nearby Bothwell for "alleged improper conduct with a white woman". Raspberry was taken to Bothwell but then taken back to Leakesville, for safe keeping.

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