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Podcast: Da Urban Conservative with Chaz NealBrought to you by The Leon Block Media
Episode: 100 Years Ago, Three Black Men Lynched in MN AYWK Brought to you by The Leon Block Network
Description: Come join Chaz and Jontel as they discuss hot topic issues1920s lynching's of African Americans had become a standard practice across the nation. The multiple lynching's in Duluth, Minnesota, however, represent the farthest north this practice reached. The John Robinson Circus made its way to Duluth on June 14, 1920, for a parade and one-day performance. When the Circus visited in previous years, local African Americans were hired as day laborers to cook for the circus workers and patrons. In 1920, Elmer Clayton, Isaac McGhie, and Elmer Jackson were among the one hundred or so townspeople hired.
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