8: The Duluth Lynchings of 1920
Update: 2020-06-28
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On June 15th, 1920, three black men were taken by a mass mob made up of nearly 10,000 people from a jail cell where they were being held under arrest for the alleged rape of Irene Tusken. They were falsely accused, murdered, and no one was ever convicted for the brutal murder of the three young men.
Book recommendations are What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Blacker by Damon Young and The Lynchings in Duluth by Michael Fedo
Sources-
The Lynchings in Duluth by Michael Fedo- https://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/people.php
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/12/duluth-lynchings-mason-pardon/
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