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Controversy over Exhibition of Lynching Photographs

Debate around exhibiting photographs of lynchings of African-Americans by white mobs

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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Â鶹Éç World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project