1891 Lynchings in New Orleans

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1891 Lynchings in New Orleans

Post by THunt » Mon, Apr 8, 2019, 7:08 am

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will offer an "Official Proclamation of Apology" for the 1891 lynching of eleven Italian-American men, according to published reports. The apology is scheduled to be presented at an 11 a.m. ceremony Friday, April 12, 2019, at the city's American Italian Cultural Center.

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For more on the proclamation and the lynchings, see this Writers of Wrongs post:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/04 ... -1891.html
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