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The last confirmed lynching of black people in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are murdered.
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Lynching
Extrajudicial killing by a group
Lynching is an extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged or convicted transgressor or to intimidate others. It can also be an extreme form of informal group social control, and it is…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Marion, Indiana
City in Indiana, United States
Marion is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Indiana, United States, along the Mississinewa River. The population was 28,310 as of the 2020 census. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith
1930 lynching of African-American prisoners in Marion, Indiana
J. Thomas Shipp and Abraham S. Smith were African-American men who were murdered in a spectacle lynching by a group of thousands on August 7, 1930, in Marion, Indiana. They were taken from jail cells, beaten, and hanged from a tree in the county courthouse square. They had been…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
August 7
Day of the year
August 7 is the 219th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 146 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)