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World Service,16 Jun 2000,23 mins,

Controversy over Exhibition of Lynching Photographs

Meridian
Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

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Examining the controversy surrounding an exhibition of disturbing photographs of lynchings of African-Americans by white mobs, the most recent taking place in the 1930s. Currently showing at the New York Historical Society, the collection belongs to James Allen, co-author of Without Sanctury: Lynching Photography in America.

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