Kissing Case
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kissing-case-316-8877975
title:
Kissing Case
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The Kissing Case was the arrest, conviction and lengthy sentencing of two prepubescent African-American boys in 1958 in Monroe, North Carolina. A white girl kissed each of them on the cheek and later told her mother, who accused the boys of rape. The boys were then charged by authorities with molestation. Civil rights activists became involved in representing the boys. The boys were arrested in October 1958, separated from their parents for a week, beaten and threatened by investigators, then se
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1958 North Carolina criminal case
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kissing_Case
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2023-12-16T12:59:52Z
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