Archive for lynching

Cnhi Network

Biden signs Civil Rights-era lynchings bill

WASHINGTON, D.C — Unsolved lynchings from the Civil Rights era are getting another push to justice, with Congress ... Read more

National News

Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain – and now national action

In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that the last enslaved ... Read more

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Nation’s first lynching memorial unveiled

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The nation’s first memorial to the thousands of people who were lynched in the decades ... Read more

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Nation’s first lynching memorial unveiled

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The nation’s first memorial to the thousands of people who were lynched in the decades ... Read more

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Lynching memorial and museum in Alabama draw crowds, tears

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Hundreds of people lined up in the rain to get a first look at a ... Read more

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New lynching memorial evokes terror of victims

MONTGOMERY — Visitors to the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice first glimpse them, eerily, in the ... Read more

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Memorial focuses on America’s lynching past

Lee Henderson closes his eyes and pictures Mary Turner holding her swollen belly and breathing heavily as she ... Read more

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Memorial focuses on America’s lynching past

Lee Henderson closes his eyes and pictures Mary Turner holding her swollen belly and breathing heavily as she ... Read more