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‘Always in Season’ explores the history of lynching
Between 2005 and 2016, at least 20 Black people were found hanging in public places, and the deaths are often ruled suicides after police investigations.
By Madeleine Brand • • 10m ListenBetween 2005 and 2016, at least 20 Black people were found hanging in public places, and the deaths are often ruled suicides after police investigations. Jacqueline Olive’s documentary film “Always in Season”explores the history of lynching, its prominence between the end of the Civil War and World War II, and why the threat may not be over.
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2 of 5California hanging deaths raise questions- 0:00Racism isn’t new to Palmdale and the Antelope Valley, residents say
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- 18:31Republicans, Trump’s polling slips amid coronavirus, racial reckoning
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