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Joseph Black

NORTH CAROLINA 1916

Joseph Black was hanged at Kingston, N.C. , because his son was accused of attacking a white child.

NORTH CAROLINA 1916

Joseph Black was hanged at Kingston, N.C. , because his son was accused of attacking a white child. He was arrested and taken out of the reach of the mob violence by the officer, so the mob lynched the father instead.
The Crisis, May, 1916

From: NAACP - Thirty Years Of Lynching In The Unites States 1889 - 1918 -page 23

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