While we now know that the document was a hoax, there are many who still believe the Willie Lynch Letter is historically accurate. For those people, theGrio Daily presents the (fake) speech that ...

There are a lot of controversial moments, works, and speeches in African-American history; not just significant and progressive works but controversial ones that introduced a radical idea to the ...

I recently discovered that a lot of white people have never heard of the Willie Lynch Letter. So, for the uninitiated, here is a summary of the now-discredited hoax: On Dec. 25, 1712, a fictional ...

Georgia, ladies and gentleman. For historical reference, the Willie Lynch letter (now thought to be a hoax) was purported to be the work of a plantation owner who offered a “method for controlli ...

OPINION: We celebrate white Juneteenth with a long-overdue response to the (fake) Willie Lynch Letter—perhaps the first viral digital hoax—explaining the invention of whiteness. Editor’s ...