After the passage of the 15th Amendment, black men began attempting to exercise their legally protected right to vote but were met by lynch mobs. Between 1877 and 1950,about 4,000 black people, Reed has been on death row for 21 years for the 1996 rape and murder of Stacey Stites, a crime he maintains he didn’t commit and reportedly has evidence to exonerate him of the incident. As of Nov. 15, the Texas Appeals Court has granted a stay of Reed’s execution for 120 days.Twitter contentView on Twitter for the Christina's family that, as of now, has raised over $100,000. The page includes a message from Brian, who explains that Christina was like a second daughter to him. in which she expressed her fears about the new administration as a bisexual Cuban-American woman. "I am proud to be the granddaughter and daughter of immigrants who were brave enough to leave their homes and come to a whole new world with a different language and culture and immerse themselves fearlessly to start a better life for themselves and their families," she noted, in potential response to the xenophobic platforms on which the Trump campaign was run. She's sincepenned another letterthat was published in January in response to thecurrently-halted executive order