Jim Crow segregation extended even to the gallows and cemeteries

Evidence

Segregation even persisted after death. Cemeteries were white or black, not both; and Leon Litwack records the “bizarre” fact that a white man named Will Mathis, condemned to die, demanded segregation in execution. He objected to the use of the same gallows as a black man who was also sentenced to death. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2924

Categorization

• CANDY: The detail of a condemned white man demanding a separate gallows is a striking, tweetable absurdity capturing the totality of segregation.
• XREF: connects to: Lynching rose as Black people gained more civil rights. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out: The Eviction of Muslims…, 169; Segregation functioned as ongoing racial control rather than total separation

Broader Connections

• Lynching rose as Black people gained more civil rights. #qualifies (0.75) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 169
• Segregation functioned as ongoing racial control rather than total separation #exemplifies (0.75)