Law Professor Finds Lynchings Have Lasting Impact On Race Relations
SALISBURY, Md.
TEASER: The last two recorded lynchings in Maryland, in 1931 and 1933, and other incidents of racial violence in the Jim Crow era on the Eastern Shore, still affect the region, University of Maryland law professor Sherrilyn Ifill argues in her book On the Courthouse Lawn: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching in the Twenty-first Century.
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June 11th, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Thank you for sharing this information. I wonder how this knowledge can be used as a teaching and motivational tool for our so-called lost youth hanging out on street corners.