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lynching in the United States: Quick Facts

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“A man was lynched yesterday”
Sepia illustration of a large crowd of rioters, some armed, breaking into the Parish Prison in New Orleans, with men rushing toward the building and one man raising a hatchet.
The NAACP's anti-lynching campaign
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