Lynching of Roosevelt Townes and Robert McDaniels
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lynching-of-roosevelt-townes-and-robert-mcdaniels-177-10920228
title:
Lynching of Roosevelt Townes and Robert McDaniels
text:
On April 13, 1937, Roosevelt Townes and Robert McDaniels, two black men, were lynched in Duck Hill, Mississippi by a white mob after being labeled as the murderers of a white storekeeper. They had only been legally accused of the crime a few minutes before they were kidnapped from the courthouse, chained to trees, and tortured with a blow torch. Following the torture, McDaniels was shot to death and Townes was burned alive. Pictures taken, prior to Townes being lit on fire, were the first lynchi
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1937 lynching in the United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Roosevelt_Townes_and_Robert_McDaniels
date created:
2018-02-02T17:34:41Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T15:36:42Z
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