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Not One, But Two Men Were Found Hanging in Mississippi | Black Zone Magazine

16 Sept 2025

On Monday, September 15, 2025, Mississippi was shaken by two separate tragedies. Within hours of each other, the bodies of 21-year-old student Demartravion “Trey” Reed and 36-year-old Cory Zukatis were found hanging from trees in different cities. While officials are treating both cases as death investigations, the timing, manner of death, and Mississippi’s fraught history with racial violence have drawn public concern.

Civil rights historians note that public hangings of Black men were once used to enforce white supremacy through fear and violence. Even in the modern era, when such cases are ruled suicides, communities often remain skeptical. “There is a deep mistrust because of history,” said one community organizer in Jackson. “When a young Black man is found hanging, people will always question whether it was truly suicide or something more sinister.”

Lynchings have been ruled as suicides in the 21st century, but they never stopped

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Hey y’all, I was asked to share this fundraiser for Sam Nordquist’s family as they continue to deal with legal costs surrounding his murder.

If you’re in Minnesota, come to Seward Cafe on December 4th. If you can’t make it, you can still help out by sharing this or giving to them.

Sam Nordquist was a Black trans man who was tortured for three months by multiple whites before being lynched in February 2025. His family is still handling the case against his assailants and are having to deal with travel and legal costs.

Please share if you can’t otherwise help

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Many alleged suicides of Black trans women are in fact modern-day lynchings, report finds

Jill Collen Jefferson, the founder of JULIAN, explains what happens when a transgender woman’s death is ruled a suicide and a community call

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Tired of seeing posts that guilt people into sharing graphic details of a lynching and do nothing to direct people as to how they can actually help.

How about sharing where people can help cover the costs for an independent autopsy

Donate to Justice for Trey Reed, organized by Margaret Reed

Oh Lord, my grandbaby was taken away from me! Found hanging from a tree, what do you mean?! Even … Margaret Reed needs your support for Jus

How about sharing where to find and support education on lynching and its history in Mississippi

Black leaders around the country called for federal laws to ban lynching. They labeled lynching a tool of repression. Holly Springs native I

How about sharing where Black folks can call for mental health help through this time without risk of police involvement

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Alabama is going to kill this man today

He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week.

No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the

Stop the Execution of Anthony Boyd

Anthony Boyd faces execution in Alabama on October 23, 2025. If carried out, it would be another execution by nitrogen gas, a method Alaba

reminder to sign up for the death penalty action mailing list to get notified of up coming executions. there really have been victories in the time i've been subscribed to the newsletter. people showing they care about state sanctioned murder is important.

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"Strange Fruit" is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939. The lyrics were drawn from a poem by Meeropol published in 1937. The song protests the lynching of Black Americans with lyrics that compare the victims to the fruit of trees.