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1919 – Lynching of Jim McMillan in Mississippi

On June 21, 1919, Jim McMillan, an African American man, was lynched by a mob in Mississippi. This brutal act was part of the \”Red Summer,\” a period marked by numerous racial violence incidents across the United States. The lynching highlighted the pervasive racial hatred and the urgent need for civil rights reforms. Wikipedia

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