How a white mob lynched a Black man, destroyed a city – and got away with it
by Bayeté Ross Smith. Essay by Jimmie Briggs from US news | The Guardian on (#5M13T)
In 1919, white rioters stormed into an Omaha courthouse and dragged a Black jailed man who said he was innocent out to his death
Human skin melts at 162F (72C). Fifty degrees more and the blood boils.
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