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Duluth Lynchings Online Resource: Historical Documents Relating to the Tragic Events of June 15, 1920
URL: http://collections.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/

Description:
This digital collection provides access "to a variety of primary source materials relating to the 1920 lynching of three young black men--Isaac McGhie, Elias Clayton, and Elmer Jackson--in Duluth, Minnesota." It includes background information on the event, newspaper accounts, legal documents, photographs, oral histories, a timeline, and recommended additional online and print resources. Searchable. From the Minnesota Historical Society.

Publisher:
Minnesota Historical Society

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
African Americans -- History
Black History Month
Duluth (Minn.) -- History
Duluth (Minn.) -- Race relations
Lynching

LII Database Information:
Record 857 created by Martha Gifford on 02/24/2003
Last modification on 01/26/2005
Published: 02/24/2003  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/857