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2024-12-08 01:29:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 20424006D2652019B53B46D210E8B8F9B307731A461066296D9C4C5BC79F6A1C
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Photographed is the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abraham Smith, who were accused of killing Claude Deeter and raping his girlfriend Mary Ball on August 7, 1930. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Thomas_Shipp_and_Abram_Smith Mary testified later that she was not raped, but James Cameron, who was also there, said they had killed Deeter. https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/aug/7
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