Equal Justice Initiative
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Almost 2,000 more Black lynchings during U.S. Reconstruction era, report findsThe Equal Justice Initiative said in its Tuesday report that there were nearly an additional 2,000 lynchings between 1865 and 1876.WorldJun 16, 2020
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Hollywood star highlights wrongful murder conviction of Nova Scotia’s Glen AssounGlen Asssoun spent the next 16 years and eight months behind bars, where he suffered beatings, multiple heart attacks and developed mental health problems for a murder he did not commit.CrimeJan 6, 2020
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New report finds history of lynching in U.S. worse than previously believedAlmost 4,000 African Americans were brutally killed across the southern United States from 1877-1950, according to a report by the Equal Justice Initiative.WorldFeb 10, 2015
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