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  2. Lynching of Michael Donald - Wikipedia

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    The lynching of Michael Donald in Mobile, Alabama, on March 21, 1981, was one of the last reported lynchings in the United States, (though James Byrd, Jr., was lynched in Jasper, Texas in 1998). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Several Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members beat and killed Michael Donald, a 19-year-old African-American, and hung his body from a tree.

  3. Joan Lunden - Wikipedia

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    Joan Lunden (born Joan Elise Blunden, September 19, 1950) is an American journalist, an author, and a television host. Lunden was the co-host of ABC's Good Morning America from 1980 to 1997, and has authored over ten books. She has appeared on the Biography program and Biography Channel.

  4. List of lynching victims in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Nearly 3,500 African Americans and 1,300 whites were lynched in the United States between 1882 and 1968. [1] Most lynchings were of African-American men in the Southern United States, but women were also lynched. More than 73 percent of lynchings in the post–Civil War period occurred in the Southern states. [2]

  5. Lynching in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 1959, which was the last time that Tuskegee Institute's annual report was published, a total of 4,733 persons had died by lynching since 1882. The last lynching recorded by the Tuskegee Institute was that of Emmett Till in 1955. In the 65 years leading up to 1947, at least one lynching was reported every year.

  6. Jason Aldean's new music video was filmed at a lynching site ...

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    Aldean's video, which was released last Friday, has received fervent criticism online, with some claiming the visual is a “dog whistle” and others labeling it “pro-lynching.”

  7. House passes historic anti-lynching bill named after Emmitt ...

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    The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday making lynching a federal crime — paving the way for it to head to the president’s desk after more than 100 years of hundreds of failed ...

  8. Biden signs bill making lynching a federal crime, ending ...

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  9. Lynching of women in the United States - Wikipedia

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    While the majority of lynching victims were African-American men and boys, the majority of female lynching victims were African-American women and girls. The lynching of Black women has sometimes been understudied by academics and overlooked by the general public. The role of white women as perpetrators of lynching is also understudied. [1]