- unitid
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{"value"=>"3294628", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1898-1960", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1898/1960"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Lynchings"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>These scrapbooks (1898-1960) are about the lynching of African Americans and contain clippings from a variety of both African American and mainstream newspapers. Coverage includes instances of lynching primarily in the southern United States, including significant coverage of the lynchings of Cordie Cheek in Tennessee, Thomas Thurmond and John M. Holmes in California, George Armwood in Maryland, Godwin Bush in North Carolina, and Claude Neal in Florida. Other topics include the need for federal anti-lynching laws, yearly lynching statistics, the actions of the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching, and the trials and frequent acquittals of accused perpetrators.</p>"}
- container
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{"type"=>"reel", "value"=>"11"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>For more information on anti-lynching laws, see scrapbook entitled Anti-Lynch Law (SC Micro R-707 r. 1).</p>"}
- date_start
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1898
- keydate
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1898
- date_end
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1960
- date_inclusive_start
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1898
- date_inclusive_end
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1960