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This is the third revision of the project, based on Michael Fedo's book, "The Lynchings in Duluth."

This is the third revision of the project, based on Michael Fedo's book, "The Lynchings in Duluth."

Michael Fedo's 40-plus year old account of the public murders of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie is credited as the first complete resource on the events of June 15, 1920.

In this series, we will look back at one of Duluth, Minnesota’s dark moments in history, a time when an estimated 10,000 people participated in or were witness to a hate crime — then basically didn’t talk about it again publicly for more than 60 years. The Duluth Lynchings is produced by the Duluth News Tribune's Christa Lawler and Samantha Erkkila, with reporting by our newsroom staff. Music "We Three Kings" is composed by Jean “Rudy” Perrault and performed by the Gichi...

In this series, we will look back at one of Duluth, Minnesota’s dark moments in history, a time when an estimated 10,000 people participated in or were witness to a hate crime — then basically didn’t talk about it again publicly for more than 60 years. The Duluth Lynchings is produced by the Duluth News Tribune's Christa Lawler and Samantha Erkkila, with reporting by our newsroom staff. Music "We Three Kings" is composed by Jean “Rudy” Perrault and performed by the Gichi...

Dale R. Botten's latest rewrite took the top award at the Hollywood Script Award competition in Los Angeles.

Medcalf: Will powerful white Minnesotans live up to promises made after George Floyd’s murder? Myron Medcalf, Star Tribune Nearly 100 years before George Floyd was murdered, three African American circus workers were lynched by a white mob after they were falsely accused of raping a white woman, Irene Tusken, in Duluth. An infamous postcard from the scene of the lynchings shows proud white men posing with the bodies of Elmer Jackson, Elias Clayton and Isaac McGhie. The photo, ...

Author to write Duluth lynching story from Black perspective Karen Nance has access to documents from her ancestors, Duluth activists who lived within four blocks of the site of the 1920 public death of Elias Clayton, Elmer Jackson and Isaac McGhie. Written By: Christa Lawler | × Karen Nance speaks at a news conference at the Clayton, Jackson, McGhie Memorial on Monday, April 5, 2021. Her family was active in the formation of Duluths chapter of the NAACP. Nance ...