CLINTON — There’s still so much James Robinson doesn’t know about the woman in the photograph.
It was always on the wall in his aunt’s house, but he never knew who she was until he found a news article about her. Now, he gets to share her story.
The woman’s name is Sally Lee, a witness and survivor of the 1875 Clinton Massacre. Robinson, a 76-year-old retiree and Clinton native, is her great-great-great grandson.
On Sept. 4, 1875, a Republican political rally in Clinton turned into a tragedy when white disruptors fired into the crowd, killing multiple people. What followed was several days of racist violence that helped bring Reconstruction in Mississippi to a bloody, tragic end…