The Lynching of Henry 'Peg' Gilbert

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  • Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
  • Henry "Peg" Gilbert was a Black man lynched in his jail cell. This is his story.
    FULL STORY: abc7chicago.com/the-lynching-...
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  • @case121974
    @case121974 3 года назад +1176

    Can you imagine how many untold stories like this there are all over this country???

  • @katferguson
    @katferguson 3 года назад +1544

    I feel a deep rage inside me when I watch videos like this, but not watching isn’t an option.

    • @Handsoffblackgirls
      @Handsoffblackgirls 3 года назад +47

      I feel it too. The first time i remember having that feeling was when I saw Mississippi Burning as a kid. 😠

    • @marcialivingston4439
      @marcialivingston4439 3 года назад +12

      @Elaine Sewell easier said than done. You can not take that lightly..

    • @melvinalston8667
      @melvinalston8667 3 года назад +7

      I. agree, ----also for me. It. Helps me. to understand myself. more. better, and some different things pertaining to. My. Life.

    • @FaithandNova
      @FaithandNova 3 года назад +18

      @Mizzy Wade spiritual warfare is how we as black ppl ended up being at the bottom. We were the chosen ones. Many will never understand the depth of disobedience to God.

    • @whawkins8636
      @whawkins8636 3 года назад +3

      I feel you Kate

  • @veneshpillay2988
    @veneshpillay2988 3 года назад +734

    They don't like to see a black man prosper , very sad story.

    • @Dontbecold
      @Dontbecold 3 года назад +16

      You mean Hebrew 12 Tribes of Israel. Read your bible YAHSHUA was nailed to a tree. Not "Hail Zeus". His name was also the very first slave ship ("Hail Zeus The good ship) Every Nation enslaved us. 10 Commandments Sabbath Saturday not Sunday. They stole our identity.

    • @reneecollins9681
      @reneecollins9681 3 года назад +22

      We Are Young Knighton all black people he must come together brothers and sisters hear me it's more get your license get your guns these people are crazy these people are disrespecting our kids our grandmother our fathers time out no more singing Malcolm X by any means necessary Martin Luther King tried but they killed him we can't stand behind Justice cuz it isn't no such thing wake up wake up we are taught to love someone who's killing all brothers and sisters wake up

    • @thinktank8813
      @thinktank8813 3 года назад +16

      They don't like to see AFRICAN AMEREICANS prosper.

    • @MADNEWYORKER914
      @MADNEWYORKER914 3 года назад +4

      Exactly!!!

    • @omamajohnpaul4215
      @omamajohnpaul4215 3 года назад +17

      @@thinktank8813 WE ARE ISRAELITES!!!

  • @beresponsibleplease
    @beresponsibleplease 3 года назад +321

    Give them back their land!

    • @becky4728
      @becky4728 3 года назад +4

      Nope. No black people had land up north.

    • @justicett0
      @justicett0 3 года назад +35

      @@becky4728 hush becky

    • @lucydragdoll8330
      @lucydragdoll8330 3 года назад +18

      Give the Indians and blacks the land they built back

    • @lucydragdoll8330
      @lucydragdoll8330 3 года назад +20

      Blacks built this land for free and Indians was here before the white people

    • @beatricecorley2157
      @beatricecorley2157 3 года назад

      truth

  • @Visionary0001
    @Visionary0001 3 года назад +262

    Unless they give the LAND back to the Gilbert family, the apology at the end doesn't mean anything at all. 110 acres of land was stolen, and an empty apology from a THIEF is meaningless.

    • @dalondabaker3338
      @dalondabaker3338 2 года назад +14

      They are the BIGGEST THIEVES...

    • @gettheredeliveryinc3639
      @gettheredeliveryinc3639 2 года назад

      The America’s was build on the backs of everyone but these pigs these worthless no strength no melanin not smart bully and cruel creatures

    • @gettheredeliveryinc3639
      @gettheredeliveryinc3639 2 года назад

      go back in history these war mungers that call themselves Americans (dam stupid ) was all immigrants no Americans the people of the americas is the natives . So everyone else is immigrants and they the Greeks romans , from Spain Latin countries that started the slav aka slavery of their own people they are the origin of all this atrocities

    • @haleyguthrie3113
      @haleyguthrie3113 2 года назад +2

      But if that happens, what do the people whom had it stolen before that get? My people were forced off that land too. Hung, whipped, raped, and so forth. It was ALWAYS stolen land.
      We can't support a "land back", we can do other things, but "land back" isn't the answer

    • @Visionary0001
      @Visionary0001 2 года назад +8

      @@haleyguthrie3113 Hailey, please give us a concrete, verifiable example. Then, we can reconstruct it, and create a case for reparations of some sort for this person, family, or group. Whether the person or group is Black, White, Native American, or ANY recipient of clear-cut, verifiable theft, let's hear the merits of their case, and find a way to help. You are correct that each case is different, though.

  • @divested394
    @divested394 3 года назад +742

    This is why they're telling you to forget about YOUR past.

    • @gardeniaflowers9188
      @gardeniaflowers9188 3 года назад +22

      I promise I want all the stories that been told to me my last name Gilbert!

    • @MADNEWYORKER914
      @MADNEWYORKER914 3 года назад +79

      Exactly!!!
      But we're not suppose to forget 9/11.

    • @JimiBegbaaji
      @JimiBegbaaji 3 года назад +22

      @@MADNEWYORKER914 The truth!

    • @cherokeeconcrete1986
      @cherokeeconcrete1986 3 года назад +7

      Absolutely but remember for the Rest of your Days a Threat spoken to the Pale Face 2nd Handedly😵😢

    • @jayclink4826
      @jayclink4826 3 года назад +26

      @@MADNEWYORKER914 nor, what happened to so-called Jews in Germany.
      That one is to "always" be remembered and talked about.

  • @constancesims237
    @constancesims237 3 года назад +81

    White people wonder why we can't just "forget about it." Here is your answer. There are people alive that experienced these injustices. How are they supposed to forget?

    • @stephaniebrooks8044
      @stephaniebrooks8044 2 года назад +4

      Exactly!! I luv this!!! My exact thoughts!!!

    • @Flashy9824
      @Flashy9824 2 года назад

      We’re still experiencing it we’ll never forget & ain’t no forgiving..Jesus told me them ppl are our immortal enemies!!

    • @evechurchill424
      @evechurchill424 2 года назад +4

      “The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion […] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.”
      (Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order)

    • @margaretmary-dj1ps
      @margaretmary-dj1ps Месяц назад

      No more keeping of evil secrets ... 🤒

  • @nancybeveridgetaylor3256
    @nancybeveridgetaylor3256 3 года назад +540

    Give them back their land. "Sorry" doesn't cut it.

    • @sarahbutler5463
      @sarahbutler5463 3 года назад +32

      Exactly, saying I'm sorry is not enough🔥⏪

    • @samuelsneed7753
      @samuelsneed7753 3 года назад +21

      At the very least

    • @JimiBegbaaji
      @JimiBegbaaji 3 года назад +8

      Didn't they sell up and move on? Already at the point In the story when mention was made of 110 acres, I already knew why Mr Gilbert had to die. And why they had the gall to imprison a widow in fresh grieving straight after. I suspect she was also destined to exit the jail house in a body bag. And the syndicate that orchestrated the arrest and murder, from the town leaders at the helm all the way to the officer acting in self defence, already knew how they would split the proceeds of sale.
      Of course, I've been watching too much True Crime TV. 🤢

    • @Bahia82
      @Bahia82 3 года назад +38

      Your foreign ignorance is showing. When Black Americans were Forced to sell their property under Jim Crow laws it was never for a PROFIT and they never got a good deal. The White landowner they sold it to got it for dirt cheap every time.

    • @thewakebakeshow4160
      @thewakebakeshow4160 3 года назад +11

      @@Bahia82 the domestic ignorance is even worse

  • @ninaogarro2904
    @ninaogarro2904 3 года назад +696

    Somehow the family should at the very least be compensated for the land that was lost due to what their parents went through. Saying sorry isn’t always enough like the grandson was saying.

    • @marksimmons5839
      @marksimmons5839 3 года назад +40

      While they are at it they should compensate all Foundational Black Americans for the injustices put upon them for as long as they've been in America.

    • @AudranER
      @AudranER 3 года назад +49

      The purpose for the arrest were to steal the land. Jealous and envy is the bottom line.

    • @RaphaelAshanti
      @RaphaelAshanti 3 года назад +8

      Sounds familiar i.e. Reparations. The clarion call for all that Amurderka has injured.

    • @alb5801
      @alb5801 3 года назад +22

      @You Mad Bro Your ancestry doesn’t stem from this! Enslaved people that then went through Jim Crow laws, and are still undergoing systemic racism. Not saying poor isn’t poor but poor white people have never went up against institutional, generational racism. As a white person you will be given an opportunity and the benefit of the doubt, the only group of people that get on the job training where typically experience and education are mandatory!

    • @RaphaelAshanti
      @RaphaelAshanti 3 года назад +22

      @You Mad Bro You're the type of white guy that misunderstands racism on purpose.🙄

  • @moonbean8043
    @moonbean8043 3 года назад +410

    The only way to make it right is to give them back every single piece of land they took from them! Give It Back

  • @evettechristopher9022
    @evettechristopher9022 3 года назад +155

    Please this family need their 110 acres of land that their family worked so hard for. So sad so sad😥🙏

  • @purpledynasty1442
    @purpledynasty1442 3 года назад +77

    America don’t get to pretend that this didn’t happen - Attorney Bryan Stevenson

  • @juicymomma34
    @juicymomma34 3 года назад +553

    Never forget! Black history IS American history

    • @estelaangeles2346
      @estelaangeles2346 3 года назад +17

      And white american history is european history

    • @estelaangeles2346
      @estelaangeles2346 3 года назад +6

      NEVER FORGET THAT CHINA AND INDIA WILL START THE APOCALYPSE

    • @angeliqueellis2979
      @angeliqueellis2979 3 года назад +5

      Believe THAT…all day and EVERY day!!!

    • @decemberkat
      @decemberkat 3 года назад +4

      Truth ☝️

    • @t.o.p6849
      @t.o.p6849 2 года назад +5

      A PART of American history. I do hope you're not insinuating the contrary.

  • @blessedeverysecond1212
    @blessedeverysecond1212 3 года назад +211

    It’s a such a shame we have to be dead to be free.....

    • @shirlworldwatson4692
      @shirlworldwatson4692 2 года назад +5

      That's real FREEDOM. ... in ur bible story jesus had to die in order to resurrect

    • @gabeeskridge8291
      @gabeeskridge8291 2 года назад

      @@shirlworldwatson4692 That's a symbolic story , the dry bones story is talking about Nubians and they're MENTAL RESURRECTION.

    • @gabeeskridge8291
      @gabeeskridge8291 2 года назад +3

      That's only because we refuse to unite mentally against our natural enemy and give them back their Poisonous Religious teachings. Time is ticking and Nature will take its course.

  • @booniec1078
    @booniec1078 3 года назад +60

    police still tell the same lie

  • @sheilagrant2583
    @sheilagrant2583 3 года назад +40

    They killed him because he owned that land and this just gave them the reason to kill him. I wonder who lives on this land.

  • @rslproduction
    @rslproduction 3 года назад +92

    What can be done about it now? They stole the there land and he's talking about Christ in their life he was in church back then and we are still being beaten down. Wake up my people wake-up

    • @FaithandNova
      @FaithandNova 3 года назад +6

      If ppl understood God and spiritual warfare there would be a clear understanding of how we ended up at the bottom. We were suppose to be at the top running things.

    • @juliansearcie1758
      @juliansearcie1758 3 года назад +1

      @@FaithandNova font want to he on top running things I just want them to leave us alone .we will deal with our own 9n our own 3sy

  • @PSLuvAshanti
    @PSLuvAshanti 3 года назад +187

    They stay trying to pacify us with Jesus.......take your blessings and apologies and turn them into a check! That family deserves all the land that was stolen from them times two!

  • @ashleybrown2500
    @ashleybrown2500 3 года назад +469

    Sad story. I’m angry and the county still don’t want to give back the 110 acres of land to the Gilbert family. It’s sad today that it is still like that today.

    • @tanyawade5197
      @tanyawade5197 3 года назад +16

      Why’d they let the sheriff speak at the commemorative ceremony, if the county won’t give back the land?

    • @isaiahcupil1214
      @isaiahcupil1214 3 года назад +17

      You're Not Sorry enough to give the land back

    • @patremagilbert8787
      @patremagilbert8787 3 года назад +10

      Sad the country is wicked

    • @maryannashaw5988
      @maryannashaw5988 3 года назад +6

      Gentrified is the Colonizers.

    • @maryannashaw5988
      @maryannashaw5988 3 года назад +3

      @@tanyawade5197 ,
      That's a very good question .

  • @norrisb4301
    @norrisb4301 3 года назад +345

    Still.......Nothing Changes but The WEATHER!!😖

    • @Dontbecold
      @Dontbecold 3 года назад +7

      Even the weather is being weapoinized. Project Blue Beam. Do your research on the Billions of Cicadas coming in May. Planned & plotted 17 years ago all across almost every state in usa. Dont take the vaccine.

    • @Unknown-rm7bl
      @Unknown-rm7bl 3 года назад +1

      @@Dontbecold aye bro wats happening when those bugs invade the US?

    • @tammym8732
      @tammym8732 3 года назад +16

      2021 and it's the same usa and they say we are free😭😭😭😭

    • @dawnpratt846
      @dawnpratt846 3 года назад +2

      Fact !!

    • @dawnpratt846
      @dawnpratt846 3 года назад +1

      👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

  • @Mr.Marcuzz
    @Mr.Marcuzz 3 года назад +156

    His daughter Mattie Gilbert died with a broken heart. 💔 Rest In Heaven beautiful heart! ❤️

    • @iamieeesha9619
      @iamieeesha9619 3 года назад +3

      No she didn't. She never said that her heart was broken, she had peace

    • @AfroEthernet
      @AfroEthernet 3 года назад +1

      checkout my playlist

    • @swannoir7949
      @swannoir7949 2 года назад +6

      She did. You could see it in her face.

  • @pablosmaster5593
    @pablosmaster5593 3 года назад +181

    No wonder they called them Devils. Spot on with the name! 😰

    • @lavallebarlow2324
      @lavallebarlow2324 3 года назад +3

      Lol, they're definitely consistent.

    • @Flashy9824
      @Flashy9824 2 года назад +12

      Jesus told us they are the children of Lucifer & we are the children of the creator!!

    • @randygreenfield4312
      @randygreenfield4312 2 года назад

      💯 👏🏾

    • @jahova77
      @jahova77 2 года назад

      They are Satan's offspring.

    • @QuezSaySuiiii
      @QuezSaySuiiii 2 года назад +2

      @@jahova77 right it says it in the Bible cause the white man is “Esau”

  • @shesarunningshesatrackstar7882
    @shesarunningshesatrackstar7882 3 года назад +48

    Why do they want us to forget#

    • @sarahbutler5463
      @sarahbutler5463 3 года назад +12

      Right, no one told the other race to for get about it🔥⏪

    • @cherrywimberly9061
      @cherrywimberly9061 3 года назад +8

      Cause they know they WRONG!!!

    • @kristelmpone5350
      @kristelmpone5350 3 года назад +3

      Because they want to be able to do it again.

  • @chrrylocks
    @chrrylocks 3 года назад +14

    Jealousy is an ugly thing...

  • @beautifuldiva0208
    @beautifuldiva0208 3 года назад +49

    The daughter looks exactly like her mom. This story is heart breaking. Hearing them tell the wife come pick up his body.

  • @bgood2life314
    @bgood2life314 3 года назад +198

    With due respect to the organization that brought Henry "Peg" Gilbert's apparently unjust lynching to light, why not take your story a step further, like helping the Gilbert clan to retrieve their land, or was it stolen like Mr. Gilbert's life. Just keeping it real.

    • @thetruthhurt9120
      @thetruthhurt9120 2 года назад +5

      That's to much like right!!

    • @markwilson5967
      @markwilson5967 2 года назад +5

      For real!!!!!!!
      SMH!!!!!!😥😥😥

    • @gabeeskridge8291
      @gabeeskridge8291 2 года назад +21

      And the would also mean exposing others involved. The rabbit hole always goes deeper than what mortal minds can perceive.

    • @td2555
      @td2555 2 года назад +1

      RIGHT

    • @Titus_Vespasianus
      @Titus_Vespasianus Год назад

      AMEN!!!

  • @mlc6468
    @mlc6468 3 года назад +115

    It amazes me the level of torture we endured.

    • @yesmagic7806
      @yesmagic7806 2 года назад +12

      And we still endure😕

    • @allencollins6031
      @allencollins6031 2 года назад +7

      No words. No words. No words. No words. Strange fruit. No words.

    • @benrotten1730
      @benrotten1730 2 года назад +5

      Our ancestors endured.. we didn't..

    • @adamantinerebelle7578
      @adamantinerebelle7578 2 года назад +3

      *Endure

    • @youjustgotburned3980
      @youjustgotburned3980 2 года назад

      This is why I get immensely upset with Modern-day black celebrities who wanna act like white people are our marriageable friends who don't see colour (except your 6-figure)
      If they can't forgive or forget 9/11 or their little war with Russia and China then why should WE forget???

  • @LuisMartinez-hj2cu
    @LuisMartinez-hj2cu 3 года назад +72

    That family with the 110acres should receive their land back , why hasn't it happened yet you have all the information of where it was that county can do the right thing with them ..

    • @michelebradley7813
      @michelebradley7813 3 года назад +9

      I agree, but they don't want to do the right thing Luis. The hatred of Black people in this Country runs deeper than anything you can imagine.

    • @juanitachoyce1445
      @juanitachoyce1445 3 года назад

      Cause of the justice is not right

    • @michelebradley7813
      @michelebradley7813 3 года назад

      @I Am Prestonality! 🤜🏾🤛🏾

  • @gooseman8361
    @gooseman8361 3 года назад +206

    Did they get the farm back? Such a powerful testimony, and harsh reality to accept. Without the 100+ acres returned to the family, there isn't a genuine feeling of care and consideration to the surviving family members.

    • @pallana3701
      @pallana3701 2 года назад +10

      No they did not

    • @youjustgotburned3980
      @youjustgotburned3980 2 года назад

      No one,not even Africans, who's had their lands stolen, returned to them. Unless if it's Zimbabweans...but the price for that,was get sanctioned for years for "terrorism "

    • @MrSlimshady649
      @MrSlimshady649 Год назад

      It’s all lies . These “people” make up thes lies for financial gain

    • @Maynard-il1yj
      @Maynard-il1yj 8 месяцев назад

      @@MrSlimshady649what actually happened?

    • @MrSlimshady649
      @MrSlimshady649 8 месяцев назад

      Well the same thing that always happens. These immigrants come here snorting cocaine and raping white women . They get what they deserve

  • @geraldtimberlake6709
    @geraldtimberlake6709 2 года назад +66

    This is the first time I'm hearing of this Horrible tragedy of justice. My prayers to the Gilbert.

    • @1990758
      @1990758 Год назад

      I tried to tell people this was a common thing back in the fifties forty's thirties.

  • @danilakassels431
    @danilakassels431 3 года назад +81

    After I watch this documentary I had a splitting headache, this story rock me to the core! Really hit home....😢

  • @gun12guage36
    @gun12guage36 3 года назад +107

    I was having a good Sunday morning, until I seen this video.. they not gonna stop until we STOP THEM .......

    • @tiffany4628
      @tiffany4628 3 года назад +4

      I know that's right!

    • @samsneek4648
      @samsneek4648 3 года назад +2

      Facts

    • @AltaAnastazYah
      @AltaAnastazYah 3 года назад +4

      Retribution is coming for them! Best believe it!

    • @Joseph-vu7mg
      @Joseph-vu7mg 2 года назад

      What are you waiting for then boy? Just hush them lips and know your place unless you wanna be dealt with

    • @burchillwendton8754
      @burchillwendton8754 2 года назад

      That is so true

  • @nmg1909
    @nmg1909 2 года назад +21

    Tens of thousands of untold stories are hidden in archives.

  • @apttmhyah1866
    @apttmhyah1866 3 года назад +83

    THE MOST HIGH is storing all this up. Vengeance is HIS and HE will repay!

    • @louritchie7638
      @louritchie7638 3 года назад +2

      Amen

    • @bobbyjohnson8968
      @bobbyjohnson8968 3 года назад +5

      I AIN'T GONNA wait on THAT 💯💯💯

    • @jamesmaddison7403
      @jamesmaddison7403 3 года назад +7

      @@bobbyjohnson8968 that Bible got them waiting for heaven 😂 turning the other cheek my 🤬

    • @youtubetiff
      @youtubetiff 3 года назад +4

      When? Smh

    • @apttmhyah1866
      @apttmhyah1866 3 года назад +1

      @@jamesmaddison7403 Who exactly is turning the other cheek? If you understood the Bible you would know turning the other cheek relates ONLY to your own people. And what exactly are you going to do to bring down this system that wypipo have created worldwide. I’m not talking about an individual fight!

  • @moniquekyle8354
    @moniquekyle8354 3 года назад +405

    God bless this family. White people were jealous of Black people and they still are. This hurts me because I'm Black and I know the stories that my Father told me. I don't understand why some Black people are ashamed of their culture...don't be. Embrace our history. Black people are strong and I am so proud of my ancestors. I love you all. Thank you for everything and I'm so sorry for the pain that you suffered.

    • @bryanjohnson5451
      @bryanjohnson5451 3 года назад +17

      Facts!!✊

    • @moniquekyle8354
      @moniquekyle8354 3 года назад +9

      Thank you both. I just try to speak the truth.

    • @Jay-im3qj
      @Jay-im3qj 3 года назад +21

      I’m white an I’m not jealous of black people. But hearing comments like yours makes me not like you.

    • @LionofthetribeofJudah650
      @LionofthetribeofJudah650 3 года назад +18

      @Only Truth facts we are the blood 🩸 line of Yah and they are of the blood 🩸 line of the serpent.

    • @moniquekyle8354
      @moniquekyle8354 3 года назад +43

      Sir, you don't understand what Black people have been through. Please read our histoy so you can understand. In school I was taught HIS STORY not our story. No one is trying to be mean, we are just stating FACTS.

  • @DiUnadulteratedTruth
    @DiUnadulteratedTruth 3 года назад +31

    It seems like racism and envy will never end. This is one of those times when an apology is not enough.

  • @gloriaf6971
    @gloriaf6971 2 года назад +30

    The land that Henry and Mae Gilbert once owned should be restored to their descendants. That is the least that can be done to undo some of the wrong that was done to this family.

  • @jillenehall301
    @jillenehall301 3 года назад +119

    I'm soooo sorry for your tragic violence against the"Gilbert Family".

  • @jonsmith848
    @jonsmith848 3 года назад +73

    2000 Cases! He was looking for the American Dream & collided with the American Nightmare

  • @JimiBegbaaji
    @JimiBegbaaji 3 года назад +65

    I cannot stress enough how crucial it is for our elders to pass on our oral history. And for the younger generation to be respectfully persistent enough in obtaining this. Especially as sociopolitical and cultural barriers have limited usual methods of documentation and archiving. Not just the good, but the bad and the ugly. Fairy tales are for that warm cuddly feeling. The Heroes' journeys are for inspiration, reconciliation and healing. We should encourage our reticent elders, the repositories of these narrations, to overcome the darkness and gut wrenching intergenerational humiliation that has kept these nightmares internalised. To pass on this oral inheritance that money cannt buy once they're gone.
    I believe the documentation of, and accessibility to these truths will form an important piece of the jigsaw of the healing of America.
    On a positive note, what a beautiful couple Mr and Mrs Gilbert were. It was his exquisite presence, physically, financially and mentally that his cowardly murderer smashed to a pulp like a deranged thug trashing a sacred collection of art, fuelled by neanderthal spite and foaming at the mouth.

  • @silentnight6682
    @silentnight6682 3 года назад +89

    What a beautiful family. At first I thought this happened like a hundred years ago or something. R.I.P Henry ''Peg'' Gilbert.

    • @incontrol5848
      @incontrol5848 2 года назад +2

      .....why would how long ago it happened matter, the impact in America is everlasting. 💯👈🏾

    • @silentnight6682
      @silentnight6682 2 года назад +1

      @@incontrol5848 One would more associate these kinds of actions with that time.

    • @lisasangria1086
      @lisasangria1086 2 года назад +6

      Let's not forget Mr. Byrd...This happened in 1998.... June 7, 1998, Byrd, age 49, accepted a ride from Shawn Berry (age 23), Lawrence Brewer (age 31), and John King (age 23). Berry, who was driving, was acquainted with Byrd from around town. Instead of taking Byrd home, the three men took Byrd to a remote county road out of town, beat him severely, spray-painted his face,[18] urinated and defecated on him,[19] and chained him by his ankles to their pickup truck before dragging him for about three miles (five kilometers). Brewer later claimed that Byrd's throat had been slashed by Berry before he was dragged. However, forensic evidence suggests that Byrd had been attempting to keep his head up while being dragged, and an autopsy suggested that Byrd was alive during much of the dragging. Byrd died about halfway along the route of his dragging, when his right arm and head were severed as his body hit a culvert.

    • @silentnight6682
      @silentnight6682 2 года назад +1

      @@lisasangria1086 Horrifically true. One of those demons was even executed. Then there is George Floyd and a ton of others who've been shot or beaten to death by cops or racist thugs. Actual lynchings, i.e hangings was the old fashioned way of murdering African Americans.

    • @wildestcowboy2668
      @wildestcowboy2668 2 года назад +2

      @@lisasangria1086 That may have been the one that was coming onto to the guy in the bar. Not saying it's right for sure but so individuals don't like homosexuals....

  • @j.c.8595
    @j.c.8595 3 года назад +75

    It's sad but racism will never end!

    • @thetruthhurt9120
      @thetruthhurt9120 2 года назад +2

      I say that all the time.

    • @j.c.8595
      @j.c.8595 2 года назад +7

      @@thetruthhurt9120 💯

    • @joeljohnson6137
      @joeljohnson6137 2 года назад +2

      We gotta move forward brotha.. Racism will always be part of history but don't let it get u down.

    • @j.c.8595
      @j.c.8595 2 года назад +2

      @@joeljohnson6137 you're 100% right. Definitely agree

    • @pallana3701
      @pallana3701 2 года назад

      Or slavery🤔

  • @darweshiblackwell3298
    @darweshiblackwell3298 3 года назад +53

    Never heard of him.just learned something.

    • @shawntedarty6967
      @shawntedarty6967 3 года назад +2

      Me too

    • @joanbowden3448
      @joanbowden3448 3 года назад +2

      Same here, yet I grew up not that far from there.

    • @b1bo840
      @b1bo840 3 года назад +3

      there are thousands of stories like his that will never be told!

    • @sheilamitchell7525
      @sheilamitchell7525 3 года назад

      Same here. I live 45 minutes from Troup County and 15 minutes from Harris County, GA. Sheriff Mike Jolley shown at the church is definitely a “good ole boy”.

    • @naimahx3643
      @naimahx3643 2 года назад

      Same!

  • @pamalabotts7162
    @pamalabotts7162 3 года назад +169

    "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" Martin Luther King. Thanks to the family for having the courage to tell one of the thousands and thousands of stories that transpired just like this one!! America "The land that racism produced" my quote...
    Book to read: "100 Years of Lynching"

    • @karlbalance3050
      @karlbalance3050 2 года назад +1

      If the man they called Jesus was resurrected in US the would get rid of him

    • @melanierobinson4152
      @melanierobinson4152 2 года назад +1

      Amerikkka you mean? I will never claim this land as my own.

  • @airons1895
    @airons1895 2 года назад +84

    Yes, there are plenty of untold stories such as this. For instance, a friend of mines grandfather had owned 300 acres of land in South Carolina and white folks offered to buy it and he said "no". His grandfather was murdered and his grandmother was "forced" to sell 297 acres, leaving her with 3!

    • @sandracorley3944
      @sandracorley3944 2 года назад

      Sounds like Naboth story in the Bible.

    • @flowersfromh-evanlakshmi7577
      @flowersfromh-evanlakshmi7577 2 года назад +10

      They should trace the history and give those lands back to the family
      😡😡😡😡😡

    • @swannoir7949
      @swannoir7949 2 года назад +4

      All the time.

    • @rononeal979
      @rononeal979 2 года назад +1

      Yep from what old blacks folks say it did happened a lot anything white people wanted that black people had they could just take it

    • @bloozkat6731
      @bloozkat6731 2 года назад +1

      Racism has destroyed the lives of far too many black people in the U.S. over the years! There has to be some strict judgement coming to those evil racist people!

  • @Rahsim
    @Rahsim 3 года назад +81

    This is exactly how they stole all of our ancestors land. Do you realize the economical position ADOS🇺🇸 would be in today if our families would have been able to keep the land many of our families had. My GGGrand parents had land in Augusta Georgia. Don’t know what happened to it....

    • @myronbriggs1018
      @myronbriggs1018 3 года назад +3

      Wealthy enough not to have to contribute to America’s homeless population or be pacified by government programs.

    • @lavallebarlow2324
      @lavallebarlow2324 3 года назад +2

      Good luck with that

    • @stephaniebrooks8044
      @stephaniebrooks8044 2 года назад +1

      Absolutely!

  • @davonadams1193
    @davonadams1193 3 года назад +117

    GOOD PEOPLE ARE NOT FORGOTTEN THEY JUST MISSED and always will be remembered forever love and light B1 ✨❤

  • @gbadesakin
    @gbadesakin 3 года назад +23

    How do you expect descendants of the victims not to get incensed. I live 6000 miles away and this pains me.

  • @TheGreatRobertCharles
    @TheGreatRobertCharles Год назад +4

    No one can't tell me that these people aren't devils.

  • @dapdaddy17
    @dapdaddy17 2 года назад +28

    The old hating sheriff and his buddies waited until Peg got his land perfect and took it. My grandfather said they did the same thing to his grandfather. The man he worked for left him his land when hs died. But the sheriff and the judge said it had to be a mistake and took it. He never was the same.

    • @handsome-brute2666
      @handsome-brute2666 2 года назад +2

      Every white man👴😈has his ancestors hatred in their veins

    • @MrSlimshady649
      @MrSlimshady649 Год назад

      This is fake new, more blm ✊🏿 propaganda. They will do anything for money they don’t have to work for .

  • @stephanienorthup9243
    @stephanienorthup9243 3 года назад +24

    He was a good looking guy .. May his soul rest in paradise

  • @TrayfingerWayne
    @TrayfingerWayne 3 года назад +36

    Rip brother

  • @leejackcats-eye7132
    @leejackcats-eye7132 3 года назад +40

    So sorry for this family's lost I've read about these atrocities. Then they tell us we're lazy , They're the best pawn the devil got 👹💀

  • @winonahamilton6536
    @winonahamilton6536 3 года назад +27

    They say they re sorry yet 70+ years later they're still doing the same thing.

  • @yahkibenyehuda4255
    @yahkibenyehuda4255 3 года назад +24

    Cowards fear success and power!

  • @brandyyolidio4213
    @brandyyolidio4213 2 года назад +12

    The first gentleman speaking has an excellent voice and tone, I could listen to him speak all day, thank you for informing those who want to learn and make changes

  • @cheekscheeks5840
    @cheekscheeks5840 3 года назад +56

    This hurts so bad I don’t even know y’all but my heart yarns fir your family ❤️❤️❤️

  • @davonadams1193
    @davonadams1193 3 года назад +36

    Get that land back you'll deserve what's yours God knows 💯🙏✨

  • @yvettejones4249
    @yvettejones4249 3 года назад +13

    You deserve to sue them for how they killed these men. You should still sue them not just for killing these men but for the land they've stolen.

  • @maxbuetler4064
    @maxbuetler4064 3 года назад +36

    This truly enrages me. Have to stop watching this

    • @thetruthhurt9120
      @thetruthhurt9120 2 года назад +1

      That's why I don't like watching shows like this. Because I get angry

    • @bryn1063
      @bryn1063 12 часов назад

      I get exactly what you mean. Life just isn't fair sometimes, and it's just infuriating. It's shocking. Just a different shade of skin means you're lesser. Tv always taught us that the good guys win and the bad guys lose. But clearly, that's not true a lot of the time.

  • @thomashicks2147
    @thomashicks2147 3 года назад +30

    Give the land back to his family!! Judgement is upon America!!

    • @bobbyjohnson8968
      @bobbyjohnson8968 3 года назад

      Judgement with out Justice or accountability is nothing but talk 🤡🤡💯

  • @carmenultra1
    @carmenultra1 2 года назад +27

    So powerful that baby girl was crying 😭… evil times. I’m so proud of her doing big things! RIP to him and I hope the family finds peace and the many more families that suffered.

  • @electratrinidad810
    @electratrinidad810 2 года назад +12

    I’m a Gilbert (real name) and this story brought me here. It’s really sad. Give the Gilberts their land back.

  • @CH_1
    @CH_1 3 года назад +16

    I pray this young lawyer, AG Tara Dunn, stays strong and encouraged, and keeps fighting the good fight.

    • @francesthomas8044
      @francesthomas8044 2 года назад +1

      Gus Davidson had to defend himself for accidentally hitting a calf and we ALL know they would have killed him. He ran and that man would not have wanted anyone to kill Mr. Henry Gilbert. The sheriff did willingly kill Mr. Henry and got away with Murder. Sooooo Sad for the family and once again soooooo unjust.

  • @justchiling1
    @justchiling1 3 года назад +17

    I'm crying all over again, each time i watched stuff like this. May the lord almighty change peoples heart and mind for the better.

  • @sayitloudblcknproud
    @sayitloudblcknproud 3 года назад +14

    Is that county going to give this family back their land?

  • @arthurlawrence5006
    @arthurlawrence5006 3 года назад +9

    This country is disgusting!!! Nothing to be revered.

  • @kanyegang2810
    @kanyegang2810 3 года назад +34

    That's what this was about from beginning their land.... If they thought he was in there they could have just searched the home even f'd it up'd... They knew he wasn't THERE!!! But that land was so now it is time from them to go to the Supreme Court, and fight for what's rightfully there's!!!

  • @Stuntingonmycanam
    @Stuntingonmycanam 3 года назад +13

    There’s a lot of history out there about our people being lynched .. movies or short stories need to be told

  • @hiddengem4293
    @hiddengem4293 3 года назад +11

    You can't get angry and upset at Black Americans and tell them to "get over it",
    *when you do not say the same to Jewish Americans, Indigenous Americans or Japanese Americans* .
    If you've noticed, many foreigners are well informed in regards to their history and they are not looked down upon for being educated in history. So why is it reversed here in America?
    Do you tell a grieving spouse who had been cheated on to just "get over it"?
    If someone hurt a loved one of yours and then yells at you to "get over it", and attempts to tell *you* how to feel, and *disregard/discredits* you, how would you feel about that?
    *Yes, forgiveness is possible but we still don't forget* .
    _There must be an acknowledgment, accountability and understanding so that this willful ignorance can't keep spreading like wildfire_ .
    No, we're not saying to constantly live in this mindset but to be aware and well-informed of your history.
    *Be a rebel to your comfort-bubble and try to do research on particular subjects* .
    No need to look down on others for having human emotions.

    • @janmiechan-ellis9992
      @janmiechan-ellis9992 3 года назад

      February is black history month in the U.S..for everyone..June 17th is now a holiday to celebrate the end of slavery over 160 years..

    • @starsbarsnigga
      @starsbarsnigga 2 года назад

      @@janmiechan-ellis9992 that’s not what Juneteenth is. Also this video has nothing to do with slavery.

  • @blackbolt3685
    @blackbolt3685 3 года назад +48

    This is exactly why they DO NOT want this taught in schools,cause they know,they know it was wrong then,and,wrong that it's still happening,plus,their little precious babies may start to see THEM differently,and,those so called "jokes" and action they display will have the kids feeling different about them,which is growth 🤷🏿‍♂

    • @stephaniebrooks8044
      @stephaniebrooks8044 2 года назад +2

      Absolutely!!

    • @sarcasticallyrearranged
      @sarcasticallyrearranged 2 года назад

      You better get everyone out there and vote these people out and make sure they don’t take office!
      Look at the entire state of Florida and the outlawing of Critical Race Theory being taught to public school students when it’s a college level course and it was never taught to lower classes.
      It’s a way of denying the history of the country being taught as it really happened.
      Remember that in Texas, textbooks had slavery presented as people who “volunteered” and not the brutal treatment of certain people using religion to justify it!

  • @troydavis5018
    @troydavis5018 3 года назад +17

    This is injustice and brutality

  • @barbybubbles314
    @barbybubbles314 3 года назад +19

    That makes me sick and sad to hear a story of a man judged on the color of his skin not by the content of his character as a hard worker, good husband and loving father. I'm glad that he left his legacy through his family, but sad the world lost someone fighting for the American dream. My heart and prayers go to his family. Now that is a crime that needed proper Justice! 💔💞

  • @Twizzledoc187
    @Twizzledoc187 3 года назад +25

    Give them the land back!!!

  • @SometimeAgo65
    @SometimeAgo65 3 года назад +13

    I have prayed and asked the Lord all my life, Why Father are black people treated like this and when will it end? It WILL END...Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord. I will repay!! And GOD will repay!!!

  • @ericamartin4803
    @ericamartin4803 3 года назад +15

    Unfortunately my family went through the same thing of having land taken and a life taken and nothing being done about either the sad part is are a lot of African-American families that have this story

  • @YourKingJDG
    @YourKingJDG 2 года назад +7

    Of course they stole his land, it’s what they were after the whole time.

    • @nelixsulu6201
      @nelixsulu6201 2 года назад +1

      Reminds me of Queen Sugar. They'll stop at anything to get what they want!

  • @leshiaweekes-hart1066
    @leshiaweekes-hart1066 3 года назад +22

    Vengeance is my says the Lord.

    • @pnu504horaceakatimekeeper3
      @pnu504horaceakatimekeeper3 3 года назад +2

      Please believe so true

    • @linleysmith4528
      @linleysmith4528 3 года назад +1

      What goes around comes around may they rest in peace amen 🙏🏻😭 terrible unspeakable crimes committed against the black ppl of America ,💞💯

  • @batwoman4487
    @batwoman4487 3 года назад +6

    No justice for American Black people. This is so wrong.

    • @silentnight6682
      @silentnight6682 3 года назад

      True. Hardly any for anyone else either

    • @silentnight6682
      @silentnight6682 3 года назад

      @Fleezus 076 What has happened to AAs and others of African heritage around the globe is part of the same thing only with different s.l.a.v.e.m.a.s.t.e.r.s. We all demonstrated for George Floyd. No one said ''oh, he's just an African American''.

  • @ejmckinney821
    @ejmckinney821 3 года назад +13

    Im glad that these stories/testimony's are being saved. Jim Crow era was detrimental in every aspect.

  • @Andrea.Johnson-Cox
    @Andrea.Johnson-Cox 3 года назад +10

    I can't help but to cry while seeing this video. It hits home because Troup County is where I was born and lived most of my life. I see a lot of people that I know in this video and this true story is just unbelievably sad.

  • @sarahbutler5463
    @sarahbutler5463 3 года назад +30

    Vengeance is mine; I will repay , said the Lord⏪ KJV- scripture, in the Cepher, the scripture reads vengeance is mine; I will repay, said Yahuah◀ The sister in the comment understood it, those on the other side intention are petty⬅

    • @blackman3686
      @blackman3686 3 года назад +2

      The lord never said that

    • @brentonthomas4895
      @brentonthomas4895 3 года назад +3

      When 400 years of slavery n 2 hundreds years of Jim Crow like Bobby Marley asked"how more has to suffer how many more has to die"

    • @AllPraisestoYAH
      @AllPraisestoYAH 3 года назад +4

      @@blackman3686 Romans 12:19 Don't seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God's wrath. For it is written, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord."

    • @AllPraisestoYAH
      @AllPraisestoYAH 3 года назад

      @marilyn devon The Most High Yah. The doctrine is misrepresented as Lord.

  • @sherryhillman9197
    @sherryhillman9197 2 года назад +4

    It’s sad today that young black people are killing each other instead of loving one another. With what our great grandparents and great, great grandparents went through you would think we would want to be more supportive of one another.

  • @danicasteele6997
    @danicasteele6997 2 года назад +3

    Its so much black history that we dont know.

  • @lindafrazier9367
    @lindafrazier9367 3 года назад +14

    Restitution for the injustice would be to restore the land or the financial value today of it to the family. The trumped up charges and Mr. Gilbert's death were used to steal his land and that must be corrected! My heart hurts for his family.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @edubbl7239
    @edubbl7239 2 года назад +6

    I served this country during the Gulf war. My dad served during the Vietnam war and my grandfather served during WW 2. My dad was not given any help from the VA. My grandfather was put along with all of the black soldiers in an open rail car while the white soldiers they captured were placed in enclosed rail cars. He too was not given any help. The sad part is they fought for rights we can't fully enjoy right now in 2022.

    • @sarcasticallyrearranged
      @sarcasticallyrearranged 2 года назад

      Please explain why any of your family members would willingly sign up to risk your health and your life when it neither benefits or protects you?

    • @edubbl7239
      @edubbl7239 2 года назад

      @@sarcasticallyrearranged white supremacy screwed up the entire world, that's why. Any more questions?

  • @batwoman4487
    @batwoman4487 3 года назад +11

    This is so sad.

    • @pure1239
      @pure1239 2 года назад

      So sad to know that people could stoop to such savagery ......yea ....they have no soul .

  • @donnalemmo1839
    @donnalemmo1839 3 года назад +14

    Over a calf...how meaningless...a man's life, , and all the lives that intertwined...great question...can this all be undone? Can we ever just love one another as God intended...Mattie, I hope you rest with Peg in the land of glory with the Angels...and know that we should never forget these atrocities committed as we seem to have learned nothing in 2021...love thy neighbor, and treat people as you would want to be treated...Amen.

    • @jocklarue9512
      @jocklarue9512 2 года назад +1

      Now they'll kill you over a dog

    • @hereisayana8207
      @hereisayana8207 2 года назад

      Animal lives do matter, but they responded wrong

  • @tweetybirdd1584
    @tweetybirdd1584 3 года назад +7

    This family deserve reparations and back their 111acres of land

  • @jenniferanderson899
    @jenniferanderson899 3 года назад +5

    Thank you for sharing this history of your family and I think you all a amazing strong family and as I sit here praying and crying for change in this hateful world

  • @hasseemabdul-jalil8836
    @hasseemabdul-jalil8836 2 года назад +3

    This happened to most black families that dared to build!

  • @vickiesingh9303
    @vickiesingh9303 2 года назад +7

    Jesus said that he who comes first will be last and he who comes last will be first.Think about it. Trust and believe. Prayers for everyone 🙏. Amen

  • @rasheeda1303
    @rasheeda1303 3 года назад +12

    We need a biopic soon 😌

  • @emzywillrich7243
    @emzywillrich7243 Год назад +3

    When you realize a cancer is in your environment, it's better to put some distance between you and the disease.

  • @icemouf7480
    @icemouf7480 3 года назад +12

    You have 1 HEAVY BURDEN on your shoulders in those files Sista!😢😡😡stay strong and ANGRY!💎DIAMONDS ARE 4EVA!!

  • @carlstokes3266
    @carlstokes3266 3 года назад +5

    What makes you think this is over

  • @marianmiller2802
    @marianmiller2802 3 года назад +33

    Thanks for providing this information to us all. This is what we all need to know to understand as to why African Americans lag behind so many groups when it comes to wealth. It also helps to inform the medical opinion about collective trauma. I want to know why they didn't offer reparations to this family as everyone knows who the family members are.

  • @RaphaelAshanti
    @RaphaelAshanti 3 года назад +11

    The Devil by any other name.

  • @judethaddeus9856
    @judethaddeus9856 2 года назад +1

    As a Roman Catholic I must school you; there is a process to sainthood:
    Step I: Servant of God
    After a holy man or woman dies, five years must elapse before their cause can be considered. This allows for objectivity and ensures that they have an enduring reputation for sanctity. This five-year waiting period can be waived by the pope.
    When five years have lapsed, the bishop can officially open the cause, with the approval of the Holy See, and the person is declared a “Servant of God.”
    Step II: Venerable
    The bishop then forms a diocesan tribunal to investigate the life and virtues of the potential saint-or the details of the martyrdom if he is a martyr.
    The results of this investigation are sent to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. Upon a favorable review of the cause, the Prefect of the Congregation presents the results to the pope, who then declares the person “Venerable.”
    Fun Fact: If a saint died a martyr, he is declared Blessed rather than Venerable at this stage and gets to skip straight to Step IV!
    Step III: Blessed
    In order for a Venerable to graduate to Blessed, a miracle must be attributed to his intercession. Once this miracle has been rigorously investigated and verified, the pope beatifies the Venerable and grants him limited public veneration, usually just in the diocese or religious order to which he belonged. As mentioned above, no miracle is necessary for
    Step IV: Saint
    One more miracle is required for canonization, both for martyrs and non-martyrs. With the investigation and verification of this final miracle, the pope is able to canonize the saint, who is granted universal public veneration in the Church.
    We (the Roman Catholic Church) is the ONLY Church that can declare someone a Saint

  • @mauricehinton5889
    @mauricehinton5889 3 года назад +27

    I'm curious to know if Gus Davidson felt any remorse knowing his actions cost a family their future.

    • @cherrysmart3500
      @cherrysmart3500 2 года назад +1

      I read he was arrested in New Jersey, and was sentenced to life in prison. You can read it on Gilbert's Find a Grave post.

    • @beneiseoleinmheart5614
      @beneiseoleinmheart5614 2 года назад +8

      He really had no choice or die himself! He didn't go out looking for this to happen.

    • @nelixsulu6201
      @nelixsulu6201 2 года назад +9

      Regardless of whether he ran or not, white people there still needed someone to blame & take their anger/rage out on someone

    • @elwinjohnson4004
      @elwinjohnson4004 2 года назад +2

      Man he defended himself I don’t blame him for what all transpired those police knew that Gus hadn’t been at that house and they took the weight out on mr. Gilbert because they wanted to. Gus didn’t ruin that family the police and that county ruined destroyed that family.