Posts Tagged ‘pittsburgh courier’

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Sep09

Pittsburgh Courier – Jan 8, 1927 ( Epithets Cause Many Beatings)

by admin on September 9th, 2011 at 10:26 PM
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Pittsburgh Courier – Jan 8, 1927Epithets Cause Many BeatingsPHILADELPHIA, Pa., Jan. 6. backpage . (By A. N. P.)-Three colored citizens, one a woman, avenged the word, “nigger” used by three trolley conductors here recently by soundly thrashing each of them. In one case the conductor had been warned by the motorman for using such a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Sep09

Transcription from Pittsburgh Courier – Jan 8, 1927 regarding lynching.

by admin on September 9th, 2011 at 10:25 PM
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Transcription from Pittsburgh Courier – Jan 8, 1927 Fla. Leads In Lynchings In Last YearTUSKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.,Jan. 6.-The following facts have been compiled concerning lynchings during the year 1926 by Tuskegee Institute in the Department of Records and Research.It was found that there were 29 persons lynched in 1926. This is 13 more than the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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