Lynching Victim

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October 2, 2023
The story of John Tucker, a Black man lynched in Indianapolis in 1845, is now part of the city’s cultural…
Robert E. Lee statue thegrio.com
October 17, 2021
"We can’t pinpoint exactly the cause and effect. But the association is clearly there,” said a research team member at…
Vauhxx Rush Booker thegrio.com
August 5, 2021
A Black man who was almost lynched by a mob of white males in Indiana is now being charged for…
May 9, 2021
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan (R) issued posthumous pardons for 34 victims of racial lynchings who were killed between 1854 and…
August 12, 2011
OWENSBORO, Kentucky (AP) - As the 75th anniversary of the execution approaches, it is something some in Owensboro would like…
August 1, 2011
MONEY, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is providing $152,000 to restore a gas station as…
February 25, 2011
GREENVILLE, SC - The lynching and court case have now become one of the most notorious crimes and controversial court…