Like Jesus, who prayed to his Father to “let this cup pass from me” (Mt 26:39), blacks also prayed to God to take away the bitter cups of slavery, segregation, and lynching. Just as Jesus cried from the cross, “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” many lynched victims made similar outbursts of despair to God before they took their last breath, hoping for divine intervention that did not come.
