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3. Scrolling through them, the following stood out

Tue Aug 21, 2018, 07:42 AM

Aug 2018

1884: Monterrey, CA Chinese man lynched for attempting to vote
1871: Los Angeles Wong Chin and other Chinese men were beaten, hanged and stripped bare when rumors circulated they were hiding gold
1872: Safford, AZ Manuel Reyes accused of threats to kill (Hispanic)
1880: Seven Rivers, NM. Juanito Mes for being a desperate character (Hispanic)
1883: Corulla, TX Weaver Accused of theft (African American)
1917: Mitchell County. Joe Nowling. Reason not given (African American)
For African Americans, I found it amazing the high numbers of accused of rape
1923: Marlow, OK. Albert Berch. Refused to fire a black porter
1922: Hardin, IL. JD Douglas. Allowed a black man to live on his farm
Almost all the Italians on the list were lynched for wanting more money for their labor

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America was NEVER that great. Show those who disagree this... [View all] rpannier Aug 2018 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Aug 2018 #1

Wow, very powerful! Pacifist Patriot Aug 2018 #2

Scrolling through them, the following stood out rpannier Aug 2018 #3

This is interesting. I did not have a lot of time to click around at all.... Pacifist Patriot Aug 2018 #7

Oh, man. I zoomed in on the new york draft riots and saw Squinch Aug 2018 #4

K&R lunasun Aug 2018 #5

I prefer to say it this way... Adrahil Aug 2018 #6