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A picture from a 1910 lynching of a 65 year old black domestic worker, Allen Brooks, for the alleged crime of being alone with a white child.

The crowd took souvenirs and it was done in broad day light.
People have not learned properly of the horror! Especially editors of certain magazines whose namesake will be very ashamed to read these tweets.
Whole families.
There was a reason why these bodies were publicly displayed!

It was to incite terror amongst the living.
No grand jury would indict, even when done in public with the aid of the police.
It wasn't about justice. It was about terror.
Hate radio existed in 1934 too!
1935 headline. This is also why racists hate unions!
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