The great-granddaughter of a #lynching victim from 89 years ago has made history being sworn in as the first Black woman to serve on the Michigan Supreme Court. Kyra Harris Bolden rose from being a member of the state House to serving in a critical decision-making role ensuring justice for those denied it, like her great-grandfather.
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In 1939, 20-year-old Jesse Lee Bond was at the SY Wilson store in Arlington, Tennessee. Reports say Bond, like many sharecroppers, went to the store to buy crops. When Bond paid for his goods, he asked for a receipt, which was frowned upon because it was assumed Black people would try to cheat the white store owners.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. - Ronald Morris, Bond’s nephew.
The coroner ruled the brutal murder as a mere drowning accident.