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by Victor Trammell - August 14, 2022 0 0

By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Atlanta's Kenan Research Center Two black men named George Richardson and Joe James were sought out to be lynched in Springfield, Illinois, on August 14, 1908. An angry mob of white racists forcibly collected outside the correctional facility with the intention of carrying out the execution. A violent ...

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