1619: The Enduring Legacy of Slavery in the United States
![](https://media.wnyc.org/i/800/0/l/85/2019/08/AP_470523030.jpg)
Some of the 28 men acquitted in the lynching of Willie Earle, a black man, celebrate in the court room at Greenville, S.C., following the jury's verdict, May 21, 1947.
( AP Photo )
( AP Photo )
Produced by Polly Irungu