White Mob Lynches Frank Embree Hours Before Trial in Fayette, Missouri.
On the morning of July 22, 1899, a white mob abducted Frank Embree from officers transporting him to stand trial and lynched him in front of a crowd of over 1,000 onlookers in Fayette, Missouri. About one month earlier, Frank Embree had been arrested and accused of assaulting a white girl. Though his trial was scheduled for July 22, the town’s residents grew impatient and, rather than allow Mr. Embree to stand trial, took matters into their own hands by lynching Mr. Embree. According to newspaper accounts, the mob attacked officers transporting Mr. Embree, seized him, and loaded him into a wagon, then drove him to the site of the alleged assault. Once there, Mr. Embree’s captors immediately tried to extract a confession by stripping him naked and whipping him in front of the assembled crowd, but he steadfastly maintained his innocence despite this abuse. **After withstanding more than 100 lashes to his body, Mr. Embree began screaming and told the men that he would confess**. Rather than plead for his life, Mr. Embree begged his attackers to stop the torture and kill him swiftly. Covered in blood from the whipping, with no courtroom or legal system in sight, Mr. Embree offered a confession to the waiting lynch mob and was immediately hanged from a tree. Black people accused of crimes during this era were regularly subjected to beatings, torture, and threats of lynching in efforts to obtain a confession, and the results of those coercive attacks were later used to "justify" the lynchings that followed. In fact, without fair investigation or trial, the confession of a lynching victim was more reliable evidence of fear than guilt. Though published photographs of Mr. Embree’s lynching clearly depict the faces of many of his assailants, no one was ever arrested or tried for his death. To this day, the police will shoot innocent black men and women, and then have the audacity to tell them, "DON'T MOVE!" while they writhe in excruciating pain...and then die...
10 Things Reality Teaches About Humans 🌞
Grand Rising Queens and Kings. Self Realization is the most powerful thing one can awaken to and embrace. It allows you to open up your conscious mind and see reality on a whole new spectrum, taking in essential lessons about life and people, that make your journey in this Earth space much easier to navigate.
Here are a few things to remember when dealing with your fellow human and your SELF:
🧘🏾♀️ Everyone won’t like you and it’s not your job to make them. Human beings are competitive by nature thanks to toxic societal influences. A healed human, however, understands that their only true competition is their own reflection. So stop looking to be liked and love yourself wholeheartedly.
🧘🏾♀️ When you decide to change for the better, you’re going to lose some people you thought would understand and root for you. That’s because not everyone around you wants better for you. Accept this and be better anyway. And don’t forget to throw out the ‘trash’. 😉
🧘🏾♀️ Some people enjoy living in the prison of their programmed mind and it’s not always your job to fix them. You’re going to have to let life teach some of them, even if it’s a hard lesson. Who don’t hear will eventually feel.
🧘🏾♀️ Stop wasting your energy waiting for people to apologize and change. Some people aren’t ready for that level of maturity and accountability. Heal from the hurt and know you’ll be just fine. It’s now time to move tf on with people who vibrate on growth mindset.
🧘🏾♀️ Stop being hard on yourself and do the best you can. It doesn’t matter what Patty or Peter is doing over there. Grow at your own pace with what you have available to you and never stop believing in your abilities, no matter how hard it gets. We are all a work in progress!
🧘🏾♀️ You don’t need to explain yourself to anyone for the decisions you make for yourself and your family. If you’re not out here hurting anyone, then let people talk until their mouths get dry. Do you and block out the noise from the empty barrels.
🧘🏾♀️ Stop feeling the pressure of fitting in, especially in circles that add absolutely nothing of value to your life. You don’t need a football team of friends in reality, just a few people who have the purest intentions for you and who genuinely want to see you win.
🧘🏾♀️ Learn to put your needs before your wants. Not doing this is why many people suffer financially today. They want to keep up with the trends when their bank account is crying out for mercy. So forget about trends and keeping up with friends and instead embrace your Ps - Prioritize, Plan and Progress!
🧘🏾♀️ Never feel guilty for putting yourself first and don’t get offended when others do. People have a right to choose Self-Love and to outgrow other people. We have a right to experience new forms of happiness without judgement from those we choose to leave behind. Just wish people well on their personal journey and be at peace.
🧘🏾♀️ Embrace Goodness, Kindness, Compassion and Reciprocity, for you might need them one day. Also stay in constant gratitude to attract the peace and ease life still has to offer, even in the midst of the storms. Stay away from the drama and negativity. Embrace the positive growth vibrations. Drink your water and mind your business. That’s all!!! 🧘🏾♀️😌
This Life is way too short to be stressing over energies we cannot change. May we keep Living, Loving, Learning, Evolving, Accepting and Laughing, Queens and Kings. ☺️🙏🏾 🌹