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August 20, 2025 / August 18, 2025 by Julian Johnson

What Happens When Black People Say No: The Forgotten Onancock Riot of 1907

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August 13, 2025 / December 5, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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They Lynched a White Man — For the Death of a Black Girl

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July 2, 2025 / July 1, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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The Lynching of John C. Jones and the Unbroken Will of Albert Harris Jr.

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June 26, 2025 / December 5, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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The Night Betty Jean Owens Survived — And the System That Tried to Forget Her

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June 11, 2025 / June 11, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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No Escape: The House That Made Them a Target

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June 7, 2025 / June 5, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Who Carries the Memory? Who Does the Justice??

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June 3, 2025 / December 5, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Thomas Smith: A Black man accused. A town enraged. A system that stepped aside.

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May 28, 2025 / December 5, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Luke Murray Was Lynched in Ohio. Then the Law Pretended He Was Never There

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May 16, 2025 / May 13, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Live Oak, Florida: A Town Steeped in Racial Violence

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May 14, 2025 / May 13, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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The Law Never Protected Black People: It Abandoned and Sacrificed

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May 13, 2025 / December 5, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Hattie McCray: The Girl the Law Forgot

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May 8, 2025 / May 7, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Injustice on a Deadline: How Legal Lynching Replaced the Mob

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May 7, 2025 / May 7, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Jack Johnson, the ‘Great White Hope,’ and the Cost of a Black Victory

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May 6, 2025 / December 5, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Pink Barbour: The Man They Didn’t Have to Lynch

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May 5, 2025 / April 30, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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The Dual Reality of Black Childhood in Jim Crow America

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April 30, 2025 / April 30, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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The Deadly Spring of 1930: Sherman, Honey Grove, and Chickasha

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April 29, 2025 / April 29, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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The Lynching of Sam Johnson: How Jim Crow Criminalized Black Mobility

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April 24, 2025 / April 22, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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October 1942: The Month the Noose Returned to Mississippi

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April 22, 2025 / April 22, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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The Lynching of Howard Wash: When the Court Spoke, But the Mob Spoke Louder

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April 21, 2025 / April 17, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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How Black Newspapers Became a Threat to the U.S. Government During WWI

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April 18, 2025 / April 17, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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The Atlanta Draft Scandal: How One City Was Caught Rigging the Draft Against Black Men

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April 17, 2025 / April 16, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Lynching Was an Economic Weapon: How Violence Protected White Wealth

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April 16, 2025 / April 15, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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The NAACP Was Banned in Alabama: How the State Shut the Door on Justice

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April 15, 2025 / December 5, 2025 by Julian Johnson

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Sentenced to Die for $1.95: The Forgotten Story of Jimmy Wilson

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