Fact Check: Racist Backstory Of Timberland Boots Is NOT 'Black History Fact' -- It's Totally False Satirical Post
Fact Check
Was the founder of the Timberland boot company an 18th-century slave owner in Mississippi named Timberland Hawkins who hung slaves he couldn't auction from a tree in his field that's still standing and is now featured as the Timberland company logo? No, none of that is true: This post is a spinoff from earlier false social media rumors that the…