Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Georgia Lynching Trials Explode -- May 11, 2021

 

Chicago Whip, 07-May-1921

The Chicago Whip was an African-American owned weekly newspaper. How much would you like to bet that no one got convicted? 

GEORGIA LYNCHING TRIALS EXPLODE 

CAMILLA, GA., May 7— The much heralded and far flung trial of the alleged lynchers of James Roland began blowing up here last week when M. K. Boutwell, white, the first man to be tried, was acquitted after the jury had been out ten minutes. Immediately after the trial of Boutwell. Woll Reeves, white, was to be put on trial for the same offense.

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