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Law Makes Noose Display a Felony

The new New York governor David Patterson has signed legislation to make displaying a noose, a symbol of the lynching of African Americans common during the reconstruction era, illegal in New York state."Gov....

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Reports Of Nooses Appearing Across U.S., As Police Investigate Episode At Columbia University, A Rash Of Other Incidents Reporte

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Reports Of Nooses Appearing Across U.S., As Police Investigate Episode At Col...

I have yet to hear the neo-conservative far-right in the United States that swears on the Christian deity of wrath that anti-African racism is long dead say a word about this. Not only are African students...

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Re-enactment of 1946 lynchings planned

ATLANTA (AP) — Civil rights activists in Georgia hope to stage a re-enactment today of the lynchings that took place on July 25, 1946. They are looking to gain support for the arrest and prosecution of anyone still alive who may have been involved.