Timeline March 1892

Events in March 1892 2

• 1819 – 1892 Walt Whitman (1819-1892) Died 26 March 1892, aged 72 Walt Whitman was an American poet and essayist whose collection Leaves of Grass broke with poetic convention and profoundly influenced modern verse. He is widely regarded as one of the most important poets in American literary history.
• 1892 Memphis lynchings spark Ida B. Wells anti-lynching campaign Killing of three Black grocers prompts national exposure of lynching A white mob lynched three Black grocery store owners in Memphis, Tennessee, prompting journalist Ida B. Wells to investigate and publicize lynching across the American South. A mob later destroyed her newspaper office in May, forcing her to continue her campaign from the North.