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In
1920, Duluth is home to a small black community.
It is a period of heightened racial conflict across
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On
June 15, 1920, police arrest several young black
men accused of raping a white woman. That evening,
three of them – Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson,
and Isaac McGhie – are taken from jail by
a mob and lynched. |
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A call
for justice, but the lynch mob is only lightly punished.
Two blacks are tried on questionable charges of
rape. |
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Three
white men are imprisoned for rioting. One black
man, Max Mason, is imprisoned for rape. |
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Many
blacks leave Duluth. Minnesota's black community
establishes the Duluth Branch of the NAACP and campaigns
for anti-lynching legislation. Years later, the
three victims are finally properly laid to rest. |
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