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2024-12-07 22:42:40 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 54ECC8ABCDB3990785F39931FEAAE785B6869AE4930723A6218C547D573B0630
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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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