lynching of three in 1920, in Duluth, Minnesota, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1920 Duluth lynchings occurred when a mob attacked and lynched three black circus workers in Duluth, Minnesota. Beforehand there were rumours that black people had raped a teenager. A physician who examined the girl found no evidence of rape or assault.[1][2]
The killings shocked the country, particularly because they had occurred in the northern United States.[3] Four other lynchings had occurred in Minnesota before that time. In 2003, the city of Duluth erected a memorial to the murdered workers.
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