Racial terror was commonplace in the US, especially the South

Authorities made arrests – but not for suspects in Black man's murder

Willie McDaniel's body is disinterred with little respect and no definitive findings

Definitive answers are few and far between in 1929 murder

Conflicting narratives about the 1929 lynching of Willie McDaniel

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Remembrance Project acknowledges race terror

A century ago, violent intimidation of Black Americans went beyond implication

Local initiatives highlight the history of racial violence