Lynching Victim

Robert E. Lee statue thegrio.com

Study finds more lynchings occur in counties with a higher number of Confederate memorials

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Vauhxx Rush Booker thegrio.com

Indiana man who survived attempted lynching charged for fighting back

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Maryland governor posthumously pardons 34 lynching victims

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

After 75 years, last public hanging haunts city

OWENSBORO, Kentucky (AP) – As the 75th anniversary of the execution approaches, it is something some in Owensboro would like history to remember differently…
/ August 12, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Station tied to Emmett Till killing to be restored

MONEY, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is providing $152,000 to restore a gas station as part of the story of Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old from Chicago…
/ August 1, 2011

New memorial markers pay tribute to lynching victim

GREENVILLE, SC – The lynching and court case have now become one of the most notorious crimes and controversial court decisions in the city’s history…
/ February 25, 2011