The story of Frank Embree is a very horrifying one that exposes the vulnerability of being born black in the U.S. especially during the days of slavery, it’s abolishment and the Jim Crow era. The treatment that Frank Embree went through before dying for a crime he did not commit needs to be told over and over to give more meaning and historical background to the injustice that several blacks are facing today and stamp the need to advocate for justice for all and finally against racism.
On June 17, 1899, the 14-year-old daughter of Wood Dougherty was on her way to visit a friend when she was assaulted and raped by an unknown man believed to be an African who was tagged as the fiend or the black brute.
The attacker was riding a horse that belonged to John Collins who was Frank’s uncle making Frank the immediate suspect without questioning. Seeing that his life was in danger, Frank opted to go back to Kansas in order to save his life since he was probably visiting his uncle who lived in Howard County where the rape occurred.
- ELIZABETH OFOSUAH JOHNSON | Staff Writer for Face 2 Face Africa https://www.instagram.com/p/B4AVopLJ3VZA7ygfe_m57sF9u_pYzebeYp3hi80/?igshid=s4l2jzguzeot
