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The Last Lynching in America
Nov 26, 2008 12:48
Seventy-five years ago today, San Jose witnessed the last public lynching in the United States (
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satyrlovesong
November 26 2008, 21:49:54 UTC
Thank you.
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rose42dance
November 26 2008, 22:01:37 UTC
Lynching actually happened for many years after that. There were even lynchings as late as the 1960's in Fremont. Click on the following links for more information.
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From 1882-1968, 4,743 lynchings occurred in the United States.
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In June 1964, three civil rights workers disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi. They had been investigating the arson of a black church being used as a "Freedom School." Six weeks later their bodies were found in a partially constructed dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi.
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h_okay
December 5 2009, 18:56:14 UTC
Happy Birthday!
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"From 1882-1968, 4,743 lynchings occurred in the United States."
"In June 1964, three civil rights workers disappeared in Neshoba County, Mississippi. They had been investigating the arson of a black church being used as a "Freedom School." Six weeks later their bodies were found in a partially constructed dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi."
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Data89, web data extraction.
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