The hanging tree is long since gone, but the lynching of Rubin Stacy still casts a painful shadow over Fort Lauderdale. Like George Floyd, he is becoming a symbol of the racism that still permeates America more than eight decades later.
Political activists and Democratic elected officials in South Florida are stepping up efforts to energize African American and Caribbean American voters, hoping they’re a potent and decisive force in November’s elections. A strong turnout among Black voters is crucial for Democrats. Without it, the party has little hope of winning the marquee contests for governor and U.S. Senate and could suffer setbacks in close contests farther down the ballot.
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White vigilantes killed Rubin Stacy three days after he asked a white woman for water. Eyewitness accounts later revealed deputies organized the lynching.
A farmhand, he asked a white woman for water. She said he threatened her with a knife. Three days later, he was killed by a lynch mob. Now street signs will bear his name.