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To: Carl/NewsMax; kristinn
I believe West Virginia passed a law against lynching in 1931, but I have no idea how well it was enforced.
7 posted on 01/10/2003 1:01:55 PM PST by aristeides
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I got the date wrong: WV's anti-lynching law was passed in 1921. However, there was a lynching of two men in WV in 1931.
22 posted on 01/10/2003 1:18:12 PM PST by aristeides
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