Silence in Sikeston | Before Lynching Became a Crime Local, USA

Premiered September 16, 2024
Silence in Sikeston | Before Lynching Became a Crime

Before the death of Cleo Wright in 1942, lynching was never prosecuted as a federal crime.

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