lynching

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But I initially missed her 2020 book, “In the Vortex of Violence: Lynching, Extralegal Justice, and the State in Post-Revolutionary Mexico” — an oversight I have happily been remedying this week.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2023

A historic marker was unveiled at the site in a partnership with the Baltimore County Coalition of the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project, the Equal Justice Initiative and Baltimore County.

From Fox News • May 9, 2021

Earlier this year, the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project and students at Loch Raven Technical Academy petitioned Hogan to issue the pardon for Cooper.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2021

The ceremony is part of an ongoing effort by The Maryland Lynching Memorial Project, a group of 13 county chapters that are working to document the history of lynching in Maryland.

From Washington Times • May 7, 2021

Lynching does no good, and makes bad worse.

From Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. by Thorne, Jack