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The Indiana Legislature Finally Acknowledges Three Lynchings In Charlestown’s History

The Indiana State Senate recently adopted Indiana SR 36, a resolution to honor, remember, and exonerate three Black lynching victims in the small Southern Indiana town of Charlestown.  The three men, Charles Davis, Squire Taylor, and George Johnson, are currently buried in Charlestown Cemetery. In 1871, they were falsely implicated in the murder of Cyrus […]

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