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For the better part of a century, most historians relied on contemporary newspaper accounts as their primary sources of information about the lynching, seldom questioning the guilt of the lynched men or the popular assumption that Hennessy's murder was a contract killing by the New Orleans crime family. In the 1970s, two studies by Italian ...
The lynching victims expressed approval for his actions and were jailed for disturbing the peace. On August 1, 1908, a mob demanded release of the men, and lynched them from a tree. A note pinned to one of the men read, "Let this be a warning to you niggers to let white people alone or you will go the same way."
Filmore Watt Daniels [sic] and Thomas F. Richards [sic] were lynched near Mer Rouge, Louisiana, United States, by black robed Ku Klux Klan members on August 24, 1922. . According to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary they were the 47th and 48th of 61 lynchings during 1922 in the United St
The new library display includes biographical information about him and the other victims, killed between 1885 and 1921, and also includes a congressional acknowledgment of the lynching victims.
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The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, [1] is a memorial to commemorate the black victims of lynching in the United States. It is intended to focus on and acknowledge past racial terrorism and advocate for social justice in America.
Leavenworth took time to honor and remember three lynching victims from over 100 years ago, as part of their Juneteenth observances and celebrations.
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