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Demonstrators protest the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery at the Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, on May 8. Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested the previous night and charged with murder.
Commentary May 21, 2020
Ahmaud Arbery and the Local Legacy of Lynching
How the white vigilante killing of the unarmed, black jogger in Brunswick, Georgia, is both an echo of past violence and a modern call to action.
By Jennifer Rae Taylor and Kayla Vinson
A bronze sculpture called “Raise Up” at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.
News May 3, 2018
The Legacy of a Lynching
A memorial, a pilgrimage, a reconciliation.
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National Memorial for Peace and Justice, a new memorial in Montgomery, Ala., honors thousands of people killed in racist lynchings.
News April 30, 2018
Rewriting the Story of Civil Rights
A Marshall Project journey to Montgomery, Alabama.
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Carolyn Jordan-Daniels at her home in Highland, Calif. Her great-uncle, Nelson Nash, was murdered by a mob in Louisiana after being wrongly arrested.
Feature January 3, 2017
Getting Away With Murder
Researching lynching cold cases, law students restore history.
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Leonard Lacy’s mother, Claudia, met with the North Carolina conference of the NAACP at the First Baptist Church in Bladenboro, N.C. on December 1.
News December 16, 2014
Was Lennon Lacy Lynched?
A brief modern history of racially motivated murder.
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